Government hands over 1,200 desks to Ashaiman schools
The Ashaiman Municipality has received 1,200 pieces of school furniture from the government as part of efforts to improve teaching and learning.
The suppport is also part of efforts by government to eliminate the shift system in schools across the municipality.
The furniture, which comprised desks and chairs for both students and teachers, was officially handed over during a ceremony held last Friday.
In attendance were the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashaiman, Dr Ernest Henry Norgbey; Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) Freeman Tsekpo, and Municipal Director of Education, Gloria Kwakuyi.
The intervention formed part of a nationwide initiative by the government to address furniture shortages and infrastructure challenges in schools and create a more conducive environment for teaching and learning.
Quality education
The MP for Ashaiman Dr Ernest Henry Norgbey speaking at the event said access to quality education remained a priority for the government adding that the distribution of furniture was one of the promises made to improve educational delivery across the country.
"We are all aware of the furniture challenges and infrastructure deficits that exist in many schools across Ghana. The President promised to provide furniture to schools and today that promise has been fulfilled," he said.
Dr Norgbey said the government intended to continue supplying furniture annually to schools in order to bridge existing deficits and support efforts to improve educational outcomes.
He urged students, teachers and school authorities to take proper care of the furniture to ensure it serves its purpose for many years.
He was confident that the furniture would help reduce the shift system in some schools within the municipality, where, he said, overcrowding and inadequate classroom facilities have compelled pupils to attend classes in sessions.
Utilisation
The Ashaiman Municipal Chief Executive, Freeman Tsekpo, said the furniture would immediately make it possible to fully utilise a newly completed 12-unit classroom block at the Ashaiman Presbyterian Basic School.
He said although the classroom block had been completed, it could not be put into full use because furniture was unavailable.
"With the arrival of these desks, we can furnish all the classrooms and officially bring the shift system at this school to an end," he stated.
Mr. Tsekpo disclosed that some of the furniture would also be sent to other schools within the municipality, including Government Complex School.
The Municipal Director of Education, Gloria Kwakuyi, welcomed the intervention and described it as a major boost to efforts aimed at ending the shift system in Ashaiman.
She said four schools in the municipality still operated the shift system and expressed the hope that continued investment in classroom infrastructure and furniture would help eliminate the shift system completely in the municipality.
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