Philanthropist builds classroom block, police station for Lente-Wute

An indigene of Lente-Wute in the Ketu South Municipality, Felix Akakpo Akonta, has built a three-unit classroom block and a police station for the community.

The facilities were inaugurated and handed over to the community last week Friday, amidst pomp and celebration.

Mr Akonta, who is an entrepreneur, said the school block was meant to promote quality basic education in the community while the police station was to improve the security situation in the area.

He built a six-classroom block for the community last year to address the growing enrolment in the primary school.

“The new block will provide adequate space at the junior high school level,” Mr Akonta said.

Powerful testimony

The Volta Regional Director of Education, Francis Yao Agbemadi, described the gesture as a powerful testimony of Mr Akonta’s unwavering commitment to education and empowering the youth at Lente-Wute.

He assured that the Ministry of Education, through the Ghana Education Service, remained committed to quality, equitable and inclusive education, guided by the principles of Sustainable Development Goal Four.

Mr Agbemadi said the classroom block also bore ample testimony of what could be achieved when people in the communities united with the traditional authorities to address basic development challenges.

The facility, he said, perfectly fitted ongoing efforts by the Ministry of Education to modernise the curriculum and make it more relevant to the needs of the 21st Century.

Significant shift

“The introduction of a standard-based curriculum, introduced at the primary level in 2019, extended to the junior high schools in 2022 and now to the senior high schools, represents a significant shift from the traditional, outdated, objective-based curriculum that promotes rote learning.

“Instead, it emphasises critical thinking, problem-solving, innovation and strong moral values and skills essential for navigating today’s inter-connected world,” he added.

The Regional Director of Education explained that the new curriculum was designed to equip learners with the skills and knowledge needed for academic advancement, success at the workplace and responsible adulthood.

Present at the inauguration of the police station was the Volta Regional Police Commander, DCOP Andrews Boadu-Ekumah, as well as the Member of Parliament for Ketu South, Dzifa Gomashie.