DCE Commissions Health and Educational Facilities at Zebilla

04-02-10 DCE Commissions Health and Educational Facilities at Zebilla


Narration: The construction of a Six Unit Classroom block, an office accommodation and a KVIP, have been commissioned for the people of Gbere, in the Zebilla West District of the Upper East Region. The Atariko Primary school which is to serve the people of Gbere and its neighboring environs is being financed by the District Wide Assistant Project (DWAP) of the Canadian International Development Agency with support from the district assembly at the cost of 51,610 Ghana Cedis. The Bawku West District Chief Executive, Anaba Adam Moro who handed over the school block to the people, said the project forms part of government’s efforts in improving access to education to enhance teaching and learning in the region and the country as a whole. Isaac Asare has filed this report for Radio Ghana.

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For the past years, some school going children resident at Gbere and its catchment areas in the Bawku West District, have been learning under sheds and trees making teaching and learning difficult for teachers and the children as well. However, the provision of the classroom block with toilets and urinal has come as a wake up call to enhance the level of education in the area. Commissioning the building, the Bawku West DCE, Mr. Moro entreated teachers and parents to encourage their children to use the facilities for its intended purposes and also inculcate into the children good sanitary habits to benefit the whole community, stressing that the proper maintenance of the facility would help increase its life span. He hinted that another 3-Unit classroom Block has also been finally completed under the District Assemblies Common Fund to augment the complement of the DWAP Project at the cost of 49,000 Ghana Cedis. The headmaster of the school, Michael Atubiga later in an interview, told Radio Ghana that the problem of teacher accommodation, a community library, and other basic infrastructure, pose a major challenge to the school and appealed to the assembly as well as other stakeholders to come to their aid. At a ceremony, Mr. Moro accompanied by the District Director of Education, Paul Apanga also cut the sod to commission a 2-Unit Practical workshop for students of Kusanaba Vocational and Technical Training Institute. The two blocks which is estimated at the cost of 74,624, Ghana Cedis and funded by DWAP would serve as classroom accommodation for students offering courses such as carpentry and Joinery as well as building and construction. The school which now has a student population of 250 comprising 180 boys and 80 girls is faced with numerous challenges. Some roofs of the classrooms have been ripped off as most parts of the building have developed cracks thereby, putting the lives of the students in jeopardy. It is also entangled with the problem of inadequate practical equipments and infrastructure. Addressing participants, the DCE reiterated the need for the students to put up their best by taking much time on their studies to enhance their skills acquisition. The Principal of the school, Apiiga Edmund Abanga on behalf of the student body thanked the DCE and the assembly for the kind gesture and promise to make judicious use of the facility to enhance academic performance. At Agatusi near Sapelga, the DCE with assistance from DWAP also presented a 1 No CHP Compound to the chief and elders of the area at the cost of 51,884 Ghana Cedis. Mr. Moro appealed to the people of the community to put the facility into good use since it will go a long way to address most of their health needs.
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