25-10-2011
The Information Minister, John Tia Akologo has presented a number of computers and other items to the Talensi-Nabdam District Directorate of the Ghana Education Service to be handed over to students of Duusi Vocational Institute at Duusi, a farming community in the Talensi-Nabdam District. The Items which is valued at the cost of GH¢150,000.00, include desktop computers, sewing machines, hair dryers and hair dressing accessories among other teaching aids. The District Director of Education, Mr. Francis Ayaaba, who received the items on behalf of the school thanked the minister for the kind gesture and said the provision of the items would help enhance the training skills of the beneficiaries. He described the gesture as timely since the youth particularly, Junior and Senior High School leavers in the community stand to gain from the facility, which is an initiative by the MP for the area with financial support from the GET fund. The District Chief Executive, Mrs Vivian Anafo said the assembly will contribute its quota to the development of the institute when it becomes fully operational. According to her the establishment of the school will impact positively not only on the lives of the people but also students who could not make it beyond the junior high schools. It will also serve as an alternative source of livelihood for the teeming unemployed youth in the district as they will be equipped with entrepreneurial skills to help them establish businesses of their own after completion. The Information Minister, John Tia Akologo said the establishment of the school was informed by high poverty rate in the district and the inability of students to enter into Senior High schools (SHS) due to poor academic performance that has equally led to high migration from the district. According to him, his constant interaction with some members of the communities brought to the fore the urgency to establish a vocational facility to assist school drop outs and students that had the passion for vocation. The institute he revealed would run courses in various vocations including, ICT training, Carpentry and joinery, hairdressing, building and construction, as well as fashion and design among disciplines. The school Mr Akologo Tia noted also intends to introduce catering and other related courses to assist other young girls that are interested in the course. He also urged the youth to take advantage of the school to enhance their livelihood. Mr Akologo Tia later declared his continuous support for the school and implored the individuals and the private sector to get involved by providing the institute with other basic school infrastructure including staff and student accommodation to ensure the smooth running of its administration. The Chief of Duusi traditional Area, Naab Abraham Lincoln Bayalim-Kambey who welcomed the gesture assured the school of adequate land for the construction of staff and student accommodation and thanked the government and the MP for their show of concern. He said his outfit will provide the needed support for the school where necessary.
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