The Kumasi Metropolitan Chief Executive, Mr Samuel Sarpong, has appealed to stakeholders in the educational sector to inculcate the culture of maintenance in public schools to prolong their lifespan.
He pointed out that the government was poised to provide basic facilities needed to improve academic programmes and therefore urged the public to support in that direction.
Mr Sarpong made the appeal when he inaugurated a number of projects executed under the District Development Fund through the Functional Organisation Assessment Tool (FOAT).
The projects included a 12-unit classroom block at the Prempeh College Basic A school, a two-unit classroom block at Adiebeba Metro Assembly, a mechanised borehole at New Agogo and a kindergarten (KG) block at Emena.
The rest were KG blocks at Bomso, Aboabo, Wesley College and Opoku Ware Experimental schools, where six-unit classroom blocks were inaugurated in addition.
In his address Mr Sarpong noted that the provision of free uniforms and exercise books were true indication of the government’s commitment to lessen the burdens of parents and also to encourage pupils to focus on their academic programmes.
He urged residents in the Kumasi metropolis to honour their tax obligations to enable the assembly to generate the needed financial resources to initiate development programmes.
Giving a brief account of the Prempeh College Basic School, the Headmaster, Mr George Tawiah, said inadequate classrooms had undermined effective academic work, since the school operated two streams in February 2007.
Mr Tawiah commended the KMA for providing the new classroom block to reduce congestion in the school. He, however, appealed to the assembly to support the school with a computer laboratory to enhance the teaching and learning of Information Communication Technology (ICT) programmes.
He also appealed to the assembly to help in the construction of a fence to ward off intruders who had been invading the school to disturb academic work.
Present at the ceremony included Akyempemhene, Oheneba Adusei Poku, who deputised for the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II.
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