Dazungu Community Benefits from a new school project

29-10-2012        

An ultra modern 3-unit classroom block build at the cost of GHc136, 364 has been completed and handed over to the chiefs and people of Dazungu community, a suburb of Sumbrungu in the Upper East Region. The new JHS block engineered and put up by  Amsterdam-Bolgatanga Foundation is to augment the only existing 6-unit classroom block in the community and would facilitate effective teaching and learning as most pupil from outside the community are expected to enroll at the school. Supported by CESRUD, a community based NGO operating in the Sumbrungu area, the Dazungu junior high school has under its construction an office facility backed with other ancillaries to ensure smooth administration of the school. The school can also boast of a library facility stocked with school materials including text and exercise books for primary and JHS pupils.  Addressing a durbar of the chiefs and people of Dazungu, Mr Herman Huijmans, President of Amsterdam –Bolgatanga foundation said the school came into being following series of request made by authorities of the area led by Mr Rex Asanga, Director of CESRUD. Mr Huijman stated that the construction of the school will help increase school enrolment in the area, adding that its existence will entice parents to send their wards to the school since it has the necessary classroom infrastructure needed for conducive teaching and learning. Among the facilities are science equipments with computers and other ICT tools for studies. According to Mr Huijman, Amsterdam-Bolgatanga Foundation is committed to tackling the educational needs of the people and would go all length to improve education in the area and called on the authorities to contribute their bit to ensuring the safety of the school. Mr. Rex Asanga, of Trias Ghana and the brain behind the project said education of the people was one of his major priorities, emphasizing his resolve to bring education to their doorsteps. Giving the background as to how the school came about, Mr Asanga said his past experiences as a native of the community gave him the zeal to lobby for a school because school drop-out rate in the area was high and pupils commute long distances to attend school. Children that commute to the school, he noted were exposed to various dangers. The school, he moreover stated will ease congestion at the only existing school in the area. Mr Asanga however entreated parents to prioritize their wards education, most especially the girl child and make sure that their educational needs are met. The Deputy Regional Director for Monitoring and Inspection at the GES, Mark Nabia thanked the donors for the gesture and encouraged the SMC/PTA to take the school as their own since basic schools are community based. Mr Nabia further urged them to collaborate with the teachers and staff to come out with strategies of maintaining the new edifice. 

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