By Benjamin Akoto
Susuanso, (Ahafo), Aug. 26, GNA – The OSBO Educational Foundation, a community-based organization, has been launched in the Tano North Municipality of the Ahafo Region.
It works to help tackle barriers and promote the growth of and development of quality education in the municipality.
Speaking at a ceremony at Susuanso, a mining community in the municipality, Mr Richard Opoku, the Chief Administrative Officer of the Foundation, explained that the objectives was to provide the required educational support to school children and teachers.
The event was the theme: “Empowering minds, building Futures: A new dawn for education in Tano North”.
Mr Opoku said the initiative would provide training and empower teachers for effective classroom management, inclusive learning and improved play-based methodologies.
The foundation will supply teaching and learning materials like textbooks, manipulatives and ICT devices to deprive schools in the municipality as well as provide scholarship packages and financial aid to brilliant, but needy students annually.
Mr Opoku stressed the need to strengthen parent-teacher relationships to promote a more supportive learning environment.
Mr Pius Opoku, the Tano North Municipal Chief Executive, noted that empowering the minds of
young people remained key to unlocking greater opportunities, potential, and a prosperous future.
He explained that the initiative aligned with the Assembly’s goal of building an all-inclusive and progressive education system in the municipality and commended the foundation for the support to improve quality education.
Mr Stephen Tia Adams, the Acting Tano North Municipal Director of Education, expressed concern about limited learning resources, high school dropouts and lack of access to technology impeding the holistic growth of education in the area.
He expressed the hope that with the establishment of the foundation those challenges would be tackled to improve education outcomes.
Nana Kusi Agyapong, the Nifahene (sub-chief) of Susuanso, urged parents to support the foundation’s objectives.
The foundation donated teaching and learning materials to four basic schools at Susuanso, Yamfo, and Terchire in the Municipality.
GNA
Edited by Dennis Peprah/Christian Akorlie