Airtel provides classroom block for Dubila

Residents of Dubila in the Bolgatanga municipality heaved a sigh of relief when a three-unit classroom block and two offices built by Airtel Ghana for the Dubila Primary School was inaugurated at the weekend.  

The telecommunication giant also donated 140 dual desks, school bags, uniforms and stationery to the pupils to facilitate effective teaching and learning.

The project is part of Airtel Ghana’s educational initiative dubbed “Touching Lives” and targeted at providing education infrastructure and materials for schools in deprived communities.

Present at the inauguration ceremony were the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bolgatanga East and Deputy Attorney-General, Dr Dominic Ayine; the Upper East Regional Minister, Mr Albert Abongo, traditional leaders, parents and a section of the public.

The Airtel delegation included the Legal and Corporate Affairs Director, Mrs Hannah Agbozo, and the Business Manager for Northern Ghana, Mr Kwame Osafo-Amoah.

the class room block

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Speaking at the event, Dr Ayine said education was the best legacy a government could give to enhance the social and economic development of the country.

He observed that a public-private partnership in education was key to building a robust education infrastructure, especially in rural deprived communities.

In her address, Mrs Agbozo said it was the company’s corporate social responsibility policy to augment the efforts of the government in providing infrastructure in key sectors of the economy, especially through the prioritisation of support for the education support.