The Volta Regional Minister, James Gunu, has urged private schools to support brilliant needy children at various levels with scholarship packages to help them access education smoothly.
That, he said, would significantly help in the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Four, which focuses on access to quality education.
Mr Gunu was speaking at the 15th Anniversary, Graduation, Speech and Prize-giving Day of the Henry Community School at Kpenoe, near Ho, last Saturday.
The event was on the theme: “Rooted in partnerships, rising through educational excellence”.
Dropout
The regional minister described as unjust how some talented children dropped out of school due to the lack of support to learn towards a brilliant future.
He paid glowing tribute to the Henry House Community School for its policy to offer academic scholarships to at least one-third of the students, saying that it aligned perfectly with the national goal of inclusive, quality education for all.
“This commitment directly supports Ghana’s efforts to achieve SDG 4,” he reiterated.
Mr Gunu said the Volta Regional Coordinating Council was proud of the impact the basic school was making in the region, adding that the council remained committed to supporting initiatives that empowered the youth through education, as evident at the Henry House Community School.
ICT
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the school, Akorfa Wallace, said Henry House Community School, which started in 2010, had the appropriate resources to deliver the Ghana National Curriculum to an exceptional standard.
She said with support from its partners, the school, with an enrolment of 192, had expanded its ICT laboratory and now had 16 working PCs installed with Windows 2017 software, a router, and new chairs.
She said the well-secured school also had a child safeguarding policy, trained key staff in basic first aid, and an established sickbay with support from the Clarke Education Foundation.
Meanwhile, the CEO said a Dutch organisation, Help Ghana, had assisted the school in establishing a modern community library.
“We are also blessed by a phenomenal donation of approximately 10,000 books from a 16-year-old author, Sasha Segbawu, after whom the library is named,” the CEO added.
A Supreme Court Judge and chairman of the school board, Justice Senyo Dzamefe, said children were great treasures for the nation, for which reason the Henry House Community would continue to give them the best of knowledge and values to become responsible future leaders.
