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Ministry of Education to support less
endowed schools
Old Ningo, June 8, Ghanadot/GNA– The Ministry of Education,
Science and Sports, has embarked on a programme to collate
data on less endowed schools in the country to enable it to
develop strategies of solving their problems.
Consequently, the Ministry is asking stakeholders, including
traditional authorities, teachers and parents to support
government in initiating positive measures to salvage such
schools.
Mrs Angelina Baiden-Amissah, Deputy Minister of the
Ministry, said this at the 32nd Speech and Prize-Giving Day
of the Ningo Senior High School at Old Ningo in the Dangme
West District.
She said the theme for the event: “The New Education Reform,
Challenges confronting the less-endowed schools and the way
forward,” was appropriate for the country’s educational
development.
Mrs Baiden-Amissah said if educational policies are well
implemented it would go a long way in eradicating multiple
causes and effects of poverty.
She said it is for this reason that the Government’s 2007
Education Reform placed emphasis on a four-year Senior High
School (SHS) programme.
Mrs Baiden-Amissah said the Reform also focused on Free
Compulsory and Universal Basic Education (FCUBE) and cost
sharing at senior high School and tertiary levels with
greater emphasis on Information and Communication
Technology.
She, however, said that field reports concerning local
participation in the Reform indicated some deficits and
misconceptions.
Mrs Baiden-Amissah cited that some people considered the
FCUBE programme as entirely ‘free’ and failed to pay their
children’s school fees and leave the responsibility on
government alone to bear.
She urged parents and community leaders to visit schools
regularly to enable them to monitor the performances of
school children.
Mrs Baiden-Amissah advised the youth to refrain from
pre-marital sex, drug abuse, watching pornography, occultism
and teenage pregnancy which could affect their development.
She advised them to take their studies seriously to enable
them attain higher education and skills needed for national
development.
Mrs Baiden-Amissah commended the founding fathers of the
school for their contribution to its growth.
She also congratulated the headmaster and staff assisting
the school to chalk 100 per cent in the West Africa Senior
Secondary Certificate Examinations over the year’s despite
the meagre resources and facilities at their disposal.
Mr Christopher S. Sedefia, Headmaster, said the school which
was founded in 1976 and absorbed by government in 1993,
remained one of the most deprived and least developed
schools in the Greater Accra Region.
He said the educational institution lacked adequate
classrooms and furniture, dining hall, dormitories, staff
common rooms, accommodation, library, school bus, water
supply and computer and science laboratory to ensure
effective teaching and learning.
Mr Sedefia commended the efforts of the founder of the
school, Mr W.G. Nortey for his continued support, the
Parent-Teacher Association, Dangme West District Assembly,
Ningo Peoples Development Forum, Ningo Traditional Council
and a number of companies for their assistance to the
school.
Prof. J. S. Djangmah, chairman of the anniversary programme,
commended the students for their high academic performance
and presented assorted text books worth 8 million cedis on
behalf of the Great Ningo Development Forum for the
establishment of the school’s library.
Prizes and awards were presented to students who excelled in
various subjects as well as teachers and the non-teaching
staff and other organizations that have supported the
School.
The Dangme West District Chief Executive, Mr Nene
Adzorwer-Nortey, Mr Enoch T. Mensah, MP Ningo-Prampram and
headmasters of Senior High Schools in the region were at the
event.
GNA
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