Classroom block for SWESBUS renovated

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Agona West, Mr Charles Obeng-Inkoom, has renovated a two-storey classroom block at the Swedru School of Business (SWESBUS) in Agona Swedru in the Central Region.

The block, which is popularly referred to as the ‘Almighty Block,’ had not seen any major renovation since its construction in 1975 by the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD).

The renovation works, executed in two years at a cost of GH¢65,000.00, included roofing, replacement of louvre frames and blades, concrete works, fixing of window nets and painting of the entire block.

The MP used GH¢50,000.00 from his share of the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETfund) for 2014 and 2015, for the project, while the remaining GH¢15,000.00 was provided by ECOBANK as part of its corporate social responsibility.

Handover ceremony

At a ceremony to officially hand over the renovated block to the school last Monday, Mr Obeng-Inkoom said as an old student of the school and the current MP for the area, he had resolved to contribute to the development of his alma mater and pledged to make the development of the school a priority so as to ensure that most of their challenges were given the needed attention by the government.

According to him, the school could not solely rely on the government for infrastructural facilities since the government’s financial muscle had been overstretched. He, therefore, called on past students of the school to come together to assist the school to address its myriad of challenges.

Advice to students

He advised the students to make good use of their stay in school by studying hard to achieve good results that would enable them to pursue tertiary education, and cautioned them against engaging in acts that had the tendency to affect them academically.

He said the government continued to invest in education and urged the students to take their studies seriously for the government to reap the required returns from its investments.

Municipal Chief Executive

The Agona West Municipal Chief Executive, Mr Samuel Oppong, commended the MP for his intervention and said it would go a long way to enhance academic work in the school.

He told the students to be disciplined and study hard in order to excel in the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).

He also advised them to pursue science and vocational-related courses since the nation needed such graduates to contribute to its development.

Headmaster

The Headmaster of the school, Mr Samuel Afrifa Appiagyei, who thanked the MP for his gesture, noted that with the current student population of 2,653, the school needed additional classroom blocks and dormitories to accommodate the increasing student population.

He lamented that the situation had compelled authorities to convert part of the renovated classroom block into a boys’ dormitory, and appealed to the government to ensure that the boys’ dormitory was completed to accommodate the students.