Government to make education affordable- Minister

Accra, Nov. 17, GNA – Mr Isaac Nii Djanmah Vanderpuiye, Deputy Greater Accra Regional Minister, has noted that education plays a crucial role in the molding of the youth and national development.   It is therefore important for the State to pay attention to the institutions that provides training to the youth to become useful agents for development.   The Minister made the observation during the 58th Speech and Prize Giving Day of Saint John's Grammar Senior High School at Achimota in Accra.   Speaking on the theme: "Infrastructural Development- Key to Quality Education,"  he said government is pursuing quality education with infrastructural development as kingpin.   Mr Vanderpuiye said Government is committed to make education affordable, accessible and relevant to the needs of the Ghanaian society through the expansion and provision of infrastructure, teaching and learning materials and adequate training of teachers.   He said it is wrong for the nation to overlook the general welfare of teachers who are the pillars upon which quality education rest on.   He congratulated the Old Students Association for complementing government's effort in making the dreams of quality education a reality.   Mrs Gloria Laryea, Headmistress said text books meant for the first year students as well as personal belongings of students were destroyed by rain.   However, Ghana Education Trust Fund, parents and guardians and the Old Students Association have assisted  the school with infrastructure.   She said government has built a six-unit classroom block, boys dormitory block, girls dormitory block, a 12- unit classroom block whilst the headmistress's office had been renovated.   Mrs Laryea pleaded with Government to help the school with a dining hall and modern kitchen complex, staff bungalows and a modern auditorium and street lights.   On academic performance, Mrs Laryea said she was gratified by the monumental strides made by the school despite its challenges for the 58 years of its existence.   The school has a student population of 2,228 with 117 teaching staff and 39 non-teaching staff.   Master Freeman Easmon ,School Prefect pleaded with the government to provide the academic institution with dinning hall and more dormitory blocks  to cater for the needs of the students.   GNA... Read Full Story