Tongo District to Receive 16,000 Exercise Books Soon

16-03-2010 Tongo District to Receive 16,000 Exercise Books Soon
Basic schools at Tongo in the Talensi-Nabdam District of the Upper East Region would soon benefit from 16,000 exercise books under the Government books policy to be distributed to schools in the district. The District Director of Education, Mr. Francis Ayaba who made this known in an interview with Radio Ghana said the move is in pursuance of government commitment to making basic education accessible to all through the provision of teaching and learning aids. He commended government for its outstanding role in the provision of school uniforms to pupils in most deprived areas across the country, stressing that school enrolment in most rural areas over the last few years has increased tremendously due to prudent educational policies and programmes such as the Capitation grant, school feeding programme, provision of free text books, amenities and infrastructure among others. Mr Ayaba thanked the past and present governments for instituting such interventional and pro poor policies for the development of education in the country and called on the government to help extend these policies to more poverty stricken areas in the region in order to enhance school enrolment and retention towards achieving the Millennium Development Goal by 2015. He also commended teachers in the area for their hard work and sacrifices and encourage them to put up their best since more incentive packages awaits them as stated by the President, Professor John Evans Atta Mills in this year’s state of the nation address. Mr Ayaba further revealed that a good number of teachers with the support of the educational directorate have undergone in-service training to enhance their teaching skills. This, he said, forms part of the assembly’s effort to improving teaching and learning among students and teachers in the district. He cautioned all school going children in the district to desist from attending funerals, festivals, parties and other recreational activities at the neglect of their studies and indicated that as future leaders, they need concentration and broad base knowledge to enable them contribute meaningfully to the developmental drive of the country.

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