The MCE cutting the sod for the start of the project with some dignitaries around.
THE TEMA Metropolitan Assembly (TMA) has cut a sod for the construction of classrooms for three separate schools in the metropolis as part of efforts to boost enrolment.
The two-storey building project which takes off immediately and expected to be completed within 12-months will be built at Old Klagon Junior High School (JHS), Community 7 number 2 TMA School and Manhean Presbyterian School.
Old Klagon JHS was contracted to Cafd Construction, Manhean Presbyterian School will be constructed by Orglin Construction and Community 7 number 2 TMA School will be executed by Orange Construction Ltd.
The project contains 12 classrooms with other ancillary facilities such as ICT laboratory, library, sick bay, staff common room and head teacher’s office for each school. Recreational facilities such as basketball and volleyball courts among others will also be added.
Addressing the gathering, Felix Nii Mensah Anang-La, the Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE) of Tema said the projects are in fulfillment of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s promise to invest in education and to restore Tema to its former glory.
According to him, “the Tema Restoration Agenda has education as one of its key components. We at the Tema Metropolitan Assembly consider human resource development as the integral part of our development agenda.’
The Mayor appealed to School Management Committees and PTAs to cooperate with the contractors to ensure the pupils exact maximum benefits from the projects, urging the contractors to execute quality jobs for the satisfaction of all.
He called on residents and businesses in the metropolis to continue to honour their financial obligations to the assembly to enable the assembly put up more developmental projects.
Mrs. Margaret Nsiah Asamoah, Tema Director of Education said the projects when completed will go a long way to enhance teaching and learning in the metropolis.
She reminded the MCE that Tema still has two schools that are running the shift system and few others that are congested, appealing therefore to the assembly to also expand the facilities in those schools to end the shift system.
From Vincent Kubi, Tema