By Dennis Peprah
Sunyani, (Bono), Feb. 6, GNA- The Right Reverend Dr Festus Yeboah-Asuamah, the Bishop of the Sunyani Anglican Diocese on Friday handed over classroom furniture to the St Anselm’s Cluster of Schools.
The 120 dual desks and 80 mono desks are to be distributed among the schools, comprising the St Matthew’s Anglican Kindergarten, St Anselmâs Primary and Junior High as well as the Bishop Lemaire Primary and Junior High Schools.
The St Anselm’s Anglican Child Development Center, with funding from the Compassion International, a Non-governmental Organisation, working to improve the welfare of vulnerable children procured the furniture to improve effective teaching and learning in the schools.
Speaking at a presentation ceremony in Sunyani, Rt. Rev. Dr. Yeboah-Asuamah said quality education remained the surest legacy for children and asked for more support to improve the academic environment of the schools.
He thanked the NGO and the Center for assistance asking the school authorities to maintain and ensure the safety of the furniture.
He called on parents to channel much of their resources in the education of the children and to build a secured future for them. Rt. Rev. Dr. Yeboah-Asuamah advised the school children to also see the desk as their own property and handle them with care.
He said the Diocese would remain grateful and appreciative to the Compassion International for their immense contributions towards the development of the Anglican schools, saying besides the furniture, the NGO through the Center was doing much to improve educational infrastructure.
Rt. Rev. Dr.Yeboah-Asuamah also commended teachers for their sacrifices and inspired them to do more to enhance the academic performance of the pupils and students, asking the school children to remain cautious about the friends they picked.
The Rev. Father Charles Ansu Komor, the Bono and Ahafo Regional Manager of the Anglican Schools also thanked the NGO and the Center for the gesture and appealed for more assistance to improve the academic environment of the schools for effective teaching and learning.
Mr Duodu Bimpong, the Director of the St Anselm’s Anglican Child Development Center told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that the center had 250 inmates who often used the premises of the cluster of schools for some academic and social activities.
He noted that Compassion International could do more for the schools, only if they maintained the desks, explaining that the Center had set up a committee to oversee the proper maintenance of the furniture.
GNA
Edited by Linda Asante Agyei