Jubille School Complex for Garu District

19-04-2010 Jubille School Complex for Garu District
The Holy Parish of Garu in the Garu-Tempane District of the Upper East Region has launched its Golden Jubilee anniversary with a sod cutting ceremony for the construction of a Jubilee school complex. The complex which is expected to be completed in early 2014 is to accommodate children right from the kindergarten to the senior high school level. Launching the anniversary, the Parish Priest of Garu-Tempane, Fr Tiedor said the project forms part of the parish corporate social responsibility geared at providing affordable quality education, not only for the people of Garu but also those in the surrounding towns and villages. He described the project as vital since the past missionaries did not only focus their apostolate on evangelism, but also took up the task of improving the living standard of the people through developmental projects in some key areas such as, health ,agriculture and education as well as skills training for the unemployed youth. This, he said, is evident in the construction of more than 18 basic and junior high schools in the district, adding that the parish in its quest to motivate and improve upon the staffing constraints in most schools in the district, has instituted sponsorship packages for some teacher trainees. According to him, some of the activities lined up for the climax of the 50th anniversary of the parish include, fun games, fasting and prayers, family and health week among others. He therefore urged all and sundry to support the parish in ensuring a successful anniversary. The District Chief Executive, Mr David Adukudugu said the establishment of the school complex would go a long way to ease the problem of school children walking long distance to Bawku and other places to attend school. The DCE, therefore, pledged the assembly’s assistance with seed money of 1000 Ghana Cedis for the project. On his part, the District Director of Education, Mr Emmanuel Zumakpe, commended the catholic unit for the bold initiative as education brings about reduction of poverty among the people making them economically independent and self-reliance. Mr Zumakpe charged the parish to use the occasion to educate the populace on the need to put premium in their wards education since it’s the tool for rapid development.
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