By Christopher Tetteh
Duayaw Nkwanta (Ahafo), Dec. 24, GNA – Alhaji Ahmed Yusif Asante, National Chairman of the Islamic Mission Secretariat (IMS), has appealed to the Ministry of Education and the Ghana TVET Service to include Islamic Mission Senior High/Technical and TVET schools in the national education budget.
He said such support would help cover teachers’ salaries and student feeding costs, easing the financial burden on the school’s management.
Alhaji Asante noted that the Islamic Mission Senior High/Technical and TVET schools, established by IMS five years ago, face major infrastructure challenges, including inadequate dormitories, classroom blocks, and administrative facilities.
Currently, the schools have more than 300 students, including 122 boarders, but only 24 have beds, underscoring the urgent need for assistance.
He made the appeal at the IMS 61st Annual National Conference, which sought to raise funds to address the schools’ infrastructure challenges.
The conference was held under the theme: “The Role of the Muslim in Promoting Peace, Justice and National Cohesion.”
Alhaji Asante urged individuals, organizations, and corporate bodies to help build dormitories and other facilities for the Islamic Mission schools.
Mr Seidu Iddrisu Yeboah, Deputy Secretary of IMS for Bono, Bono East, and Ahafo Regions, stressed the need for metal beds, separate practical training blocks, and other facilities to accommodate the growing student population.
He called for dedicated blocks for automobile, building construction, and electrical departments.
Mr Pious Opoku, Tano North Municipal Chief Executive, assured that construction of dormitories and classroom blocks would begin under the GETFund project in the first quarter of next year.
GNA
Edited by Regina Benneh/Lydia Kukua Asamoah/Christian Akorlie