Navrongo (U/E), April 27, GNA – The Kassena-NanKana East
District Assembly has launched an Educational Endowment Fund to
support needy and brilliant students who, for lack of financial support,
are unable to further their education. The launch, which bagged GH¢12,000, was the contribution from
sons and daughters from the area and other well meaning people from
the region and beyond. Mr Mark Owen Woyongo, the Upper East Regional Minister who
launched the fund, called on the people of the region to support
education in order to bridge the education gap between the north and
the south. He said the region lacked human resource and it was more pathetic
when the Bolgatanga Regional health sector only had a ratio of one
doctor to 34,000 patients and that the situation was more pathetic when
students pass their examination and are unable to continue for lack of
funds. Mr Woyongo recalled a situation when he had to help five students
to study medicine at the university and that the establishment of the
Fund was timely and appealed to all to give their widow’s mite to the
fund. He said whilst plans were underway to start similar funds in all
districts, he had directed each district to sponsor at least five students
every year to study medicine. “If education is our priority then we need to do more and by
contributing to education, people’s capacities would be improved in the
North and help reduce poverty by mitigating its social effects on the
population, health and nutrition”, he said. Mr Woyongo appealed to Muslims, especially those in the Zongo
communities, to end the era where their children were made to attend
only Arabic schools. 93The combination of English and Arabic
Education would make our children marketable on both the local and
international job markets.”
Source: GhanaWeb
