The DCE, Dr. Prince Sodoke Amuzu, presenting the desks to the District
Education Director, Paulina Slyn Eworde
The Akatsi North District Assembly has provided 38 schools in the Akatsi North District of the Volta Region with dual desks.
Having scored about 98 per cent during the 2017 District Assemblies Performance Assessment Tool (DPAT)-II, the Akatsi North District Assembly received some funds as reward to address some pressing needs of the assembly.
On receiving the grant, the District Chief Executive (DCE), Dr. Prince Sodoke Amuzu, said the assembly thought it wise to procure dual desks for not less than 1,200 students in the district.
He said although there was still a deficit of about 276, the assembly was working hard to ensure that things were fixed properly. He added that apart from the desks, there were other investments being made to improve education and enhance performance.
Some of them, he said, included the construction of six and three-unit classroom blocks for about 16 communities that did not have any but had children who needed to be schooled.
He said the assembly, donors and the MP were also collaborating to construct a number of kindergarten blocks for the district. He commended the Education Directorate for its hard work in helping to improve the performance of students.
Students of Ave Senior High School that sat for the 2019 WAEC examinations had aggregate ‘A’ in both Mathematics and English language.
Besides, majority of the basic schools recorded 100 per cent pass rate, enabling a lot more students to advance to senior high schools.
The Member of Parliament (PM) for the Akatsi North Constituency, Peter Nortsu-Kotoe, commended the DCE, Dr. Amuzu, and the assembly for not waiting on government, as others have done, to provide such critical needs for students.
Besides, he urged the Education Directorate to ensure the schools come up with a maintenance plan to ensure the desks are always in good shape.
The District Director of Education, Paulina Slyn Eworde, expressed gratitude to the assembly and the MP for their constant support towards the improvement of education in the area.
From Fred Duodu, Ho (k.duodu@yahoo.com)