Accra Academy to receive 18-unit classroom block
Accra Academy Senior High School is set to receive a new three-storey, 18-unit classroom block following a groundbreaking ceremony held yesterday on campus.
The building, estimated at GH¢10 million, will be the legacy project of the 1994, 1995 and 1996 year groups, to enhance quality education and provide modern learning facilities for their alma mater.
The project is expected to be completed within three years. It will be tackled in phases by the three year groups, each responsible for a floor of the structure.
The Headmaster of the school, Eric Ebo Sey, lauded the groups for the initiative, describing it as a timely response to infrastructural demands at the school.
“This project will improve supervision and interaction between teachers and students. It will enhance learning outcomes across the board,” he said.
Mr Sey called on alumni and stakeholders to support the school’s development efforts ahead of its centenary celebration in six years. He also challenged the current students to emulate the year groups and adopt a mindset of giving back to the school.
“As others are investing in you now, remember that you, too, must one day invest in this institution. That is the spirit of Accra Academy,” he said.
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For his part, Ghana’s Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng, urged alumni, stakeholders and well-wishers to rally to address broader infrastructural challenges facing the school ahead of its centenary celebrations.
“Our school turns 100 in six years.
Accra Academy needs everybody to come on board. All our needs must be addressed by then,” he said.
He indicated that although the school moved to its current site in 1961, facilities such as the assembly hall had remained unchanged despite exponential growth in student numbers.
Mr Agyebeng, who belongs to the 1994 year group, further called for a second dining hall and an additional 18-unit classroom block to enhance the school’s infrastructural status.
He insisted that the school needed these and more infrastructural improvements to operate and participate effectively under the single-track system in the near future.
“We need another 18 units for things to stabilise, to normalise. When I say normalise, within the next two years, as I mentioned, with all the students, it's supposed to be on a single track for adequate teaching and learning to take place,” he stated.
Representatives of the three year groups also expressed pride and commitment to giving back to their alma mater.
They indicated that they would contribute to the school not only with this project, but in other ways to contribute to Accra Academy’s long-term development.
