Tullow commits to transforming Ghana's secondary education

In a significant move to support Ghana's educational sector, Tullow, an oil and gas exploration company, has committed to a five year, $10 million investment programme aimed at improving secondary education across the country.

The initiative, launched in 2021, focuses on constructing new classrooms and dormitories for 15 senior high schools. 

In a release issued by the beneficiary institutions span from the Western Region, where Tullow's operations are based, to the Ashanti and Northern Regions.

It said key aspects of the investment include: construction of new classroom blocks and dormitories; improved infrastructure for both day students and boarders; enhanced facilities including proper ventilation, water supply, and electricity, and specialized facilities for technical education.

According to the release, one notable project is at Nyong Technical Institute in the Northern Region, which is set to receive a multipurpose workshop block. 

It said the facility will include spaces for electrical work, welding, catering, tailoring, and woodworking.

“And for the boarding schools, the new dormitory blocks are equipped with improved water supply, electricity, proper toilets and bathrooms, laundry areas, and drying lines. 
Each dormitory also includes a fully furnished bungalow for the housemistress, ensuring discipline and close supervision,” it added. 

The release said with each new dormitory housing between 500 and 600 students, Tullow’s intervention was meeting a crucial gap in Ghana’s educational infrastructure adding that “already the initiative has started bearing fruits. One of the beneficiary schools, Axim Girls’, moved from being the lowest-ranked school in the Western Region out of 37 institutions in 2019, to 6th in 2022.”

“Socially, there has also been a decline in teenage pregnancies and a surge in participation in extra-curricular activities and school exchange programmes,” it added.