Construction of Busunu Girls’ STEM Senior High School to begin next year
The government is set to begin the construction of a Girls’ Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Senior High School at Busunu in the West Gonja Municipality of the Savannah Region.
When completed, the school is expected to enrol more than 2,500 students drawn from Busunu, surrounding communities and other parts of the country.
The project will include staff accommodation, modern information and communication technology facilities to support digital learning and innovation, as well as a spacious assembly hall for academic and social activities. Construction is expected to commence in 2026 and be completed within 18 months.
The Savannah Regional Minister, Mr Salisu Be Awuribe, announced the project at the Busunu Traditional Area Homecoming Celebration on December 27.
He said the proposed institution was intended to promote science and technology education among girls while addressing gender disparities in STEM-related fields.
“Whatever proposals His Excellency the President made during his campaign are being implemented. In line with this, he has directed GETFund to construct a fully-fledged STEM senior high school exclusively for girls,” he said.
Mr Be Awuribe explained that the initiative would expand educational opportunities for girls in the Savannah Region and contribute to human capital development by equipping young women with practical skills for national development.
He added that the procurement process had already begun and that construction would commence early next year.
The Homecoming Celebration, organised by the youth and traditional authorities of the Busunu Traditional Area, was held under the theme “Thriving Together: One Community, One Shared Future.”
The event sought to reconnect indigenes with their roots, celebrate their shared heritage and reaffirm the bonds that unite them. It brought together chiefs, opinion leaders, residents, indigenes living in the diaspora and development partners to network and discuss development priorities for the area.
In his address, Mr Be Awuribe also announced major road infrastructure projects in the region. He said the Sawla–Fufulso Junction–Busunu–Damongo road, together with other link roads, would soon be asphalted.
He added that work on the Fufulso Junction–Daboya–Mankango road, which was previously halted, had been earmarked to resume next year.
“Additionally, the Savannah Region will benefit from the government’s 1,000-kilometre feeder road programme, which is expected to commence next year,” he said.
The Paramount Chief of the Busunu Traditional Area, Busunuwura Monasa Jonokpowu II, thanked the government for earmarking key development projects for the area.
He said a 25-acre land earlier allocated for an E Block project in 2016 would now be used for the Girls’ STEM Senior High School.
According to him, the traditional council would name the school Maame Nneba Girls’ Senior High School, in honour of the President’s late mother, who was an indigene of the community.
