Classroom block inaugurated for Akyem Manso Catholic JHS

The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Asene-Manso-Akroso in the Eastern Region, Alex Kwabena Incoom, last Monday inaugurated a classroom block for the Roman Catholic Junior High School at Akyem Manso, the district capital.

The facility, which is made up of three classrooms, an office, a store, a staff common room, and a six-seater water closet washroom with a mechanical borehole attached, was financed by the Ministry of Education.

All the rooms are equipped with furniture, electricity, marker boards and ceiling fans.

In his inaugural address, Mr Incoom said the facility was part of the 80 educational projects initiated by the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo-led New Patriotic Party (NPP) government nationwide this year, to enhance teaching and learning in the country.

He was grateful to the President, the Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei-Adutwum, and other stakeholders who contributed to the construction of the facility reputed to be the best in the district.

He expressed the hope that the facility would boost the morale of the teachers and students of the school to give their best.

Mr Incoom advised the students to use the facility to the fullest to benefit the present and future generations.

Development projects

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Asene Manso Akroso, George Kwame Aboagye, stated that with the support of the government, 40 school blocks had been constructed in the district since he became the legislator.

He said that all the 340 communities in the district had benefited from at least one development project since 2017.

Mr Aboagye said the government had approved the tarring of seven kilometres of Manso town roads and three kilometres for Akyem Asuboa South and Akyem Asuoso, which would commence soon.

The District Director of Education, Faustina Akplu, advised the beneficiary staff and students to take proper care of the building and furniture for them to last long.

She warned that pupils who deliberately damaged the desks would be surcharged through their parents.

Ms Akplu urged the teachers and students to maximise their output to justify the government's huge investment in the school.

Commendation

The Catholic Priest of the Akyem Manso Catholic Church, Rev. Father Bernard Soetor, commended the NPP government, the Education Ministry, the MP and the district assembly for providing the school with a modern facility.

 The front of the newly inaugurated classroom block

The Chief of Akyem Manso, Obrempong Sintim Poku III, who is also the Benjumhene of the Akyem Kotoku Traditional Area, was full of praise for the government for giving the district its fair share of development projects.

The head teacher of the school, Commeh Nana Konuah, who highly appreciated the provision of the modern facility for the institution, however, appealed for a kindergarten block to be attached to the school.

In another development, the MP presented 500 metal dual desks to the district director of Education for distribution to the basic schools in the district.