Zebilla District Assembly Donates To Two Schools

2011
Two schools in the Bawku West District of the Upper East Region namely Zebilla primary and Teshie primary have received educational materials in the form of exercise and text books as well as furniture and school uniforms. The learning materials which include 5,042 school uniforms, 159,486 exercise books and 1,000 dual desks were distributed as part of the government’s fulfillment to ensure more school enrolment in deprived communities. The Bawku West District Chief Executive, Mr. Anaba Adam Moro in an address disclosed that Bawku West Education Directorate at the basic level has received a lot of interventions from the Assembly since the assumption of the NDC government. Mr. Adam Moro mentioned the construction of 6 and 3 unit classroom blocks district-wide for basic schools, distribution of 500 dual desks, 3,309 free school uniforms and 20,425 books as some interventions from the Assembly. Mr. Anaba Moro revealed that government in the course of this year will hook up more schools in the School Feeding Programme to enhance education in the Bawku West District. He therefore tasked the directorate to intensify its monitoring and supervisory roles to ensure that the full benefits are derived from the interventions and appealed to parents and guardians to eschew negative tendencies that militate against the overall development of the child. The Bawku West District Director of Education, Mr. Paul Apanga revealed that the distribution of the free educational materials has ensured significant increase in school enrolment in the district. Available record according to Mr Apanga indicated that school enrolment has increase a little over 30,000 as against 26,000 recorded last year. Mr. Apanga however commended government for initiating such a policy which he said should be embraced by all parents. Mr. Apanga entreated parents to take advantage of the policy and send their wards to school since education is the panacea for development. He later expressed his gratitude to the government for fulfilling its promise and charged his colleagues teachers to direct and guide the children to put the books into good use.

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