GH¢795,000 CLASSROOM BLOCK FOR ASSIN MANSO SHS (PAGE 39)

Story: Joe Okyere, Assin Manso

THE Minister of Education, Science and Sports, Professor Dominic K. Fobih, has cut the sod to mark the commencement of work on a GH¢795,600 18-unit three-storey classroom block for the Assin Manso Senior High School (SHS) at Assin Manso in the Assin South District in the Central Region.
Work on the project, to be undertaken by SP Construction Company, is expected to be completed within 18 months.
In an address, Professor Fobih said the project attested to the NPP government’s commitment to human resource development through the provision of quality education.
Professor Fobih said although the school was not selected as a model school during the first phase, it had benefited from some physical infrastructure such as an administration block and a library complex thorough his efforts.
He said renovation works had also been carried out at the Nsuta Agricultural SHS, Nyankumasi Ahenkro SHS and Adankwaman SHS through his initiative.
He, therefore, urged parents to pay special attention to the educational needs of their children to encourage them to study hard.
Prof Fobih also advised students to be disciplined and study hard to justify the investment in their education made by both parents and the government.
The Central Regional Minister, Nana Ato Arthur, advised the students to take advantage of the facilities at the school and compete with their colleagues in the well-endowed schools.
Nana Arthur also urged people who had attained 18 years to register when the voters’ registration exercise re-opened next month and vote wisely.
The headmaster of the school, Mr Garth Oppong-Kwakye, said the school, which was established as a teacher training college in 1965, was converted into a secondary school in 1971 but lacked the relevant infrastructure.
He said currently the school, with a student population of 1,600, had 29 classrooms out of which 13 were permanent structures.
Mr Oppong-Kwakye commended the government for the facility to solve the problem of lack of classroom accommodation to facilitate academic work.
The Managing Director of SP Construction Company, Mr Patrick B. Koomson, promised to do quality work and execute the project on schedule.
The Omanhene of the Assin Apimanim Traditional Area, Barima Kwame Nkyi XII, who chaired the function, commended Professor Fobih and the government for providing the facility for the school to enhance academic work.