By Robert Tachie Menson, GNA
Dormaa Ahenkro (Bono), March, 07, GNA – Mr Dominic Adomah Ameyaw, the Dormaa Central Municipal Chief Executive in the Bono Region has bemoaned the poor performance of students in the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in the area.
He called on families to take investments in their children’s education seriously, urging them to support the government to improve quality education.
Mr Ameyaw said that the “No Stress Free” policy for all first-year students of public universities, free tertiary education for Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) as well as the free distribution of sanitary pads for girls were all intervention being put in place by the government to enhance quality education in the country.
Other interventions include the launch of the free progressive Senior High School Infrastructure and abolishing of the double tracking system as well as cancellation of teachers’ licensure examination, BECE subsidies, revitalisation and expansion of the students’ loan trust fund, reform the computerised school selection and placement system and increase school feeding programme.
Mr Ameyaw said those interventions were clear indications that the government remained committed to ensuring education accessibility, when he addressed a parade of school children to commemorate the municipal celebration of the 69th Independence anniversary at Dormaa-Ahenkro.
He explained that the municipal assembly had undertaken several educational projects including the ongoing construction of a three-unit classroom block, office, store as well as mechanised borehole and staff common room at Ahogonu Junior High School (JHS) to improve access to quality education.
Other projects were the on-going construction of a three-unit classroom block with office, store, staff common room, computer laboratory, as well as four-seater water closet toilet, two-aerial porch at Presbyterian Junior High School (JHS) at Dormaa Ahenkro.
Mr Ameyaw said the Dawn community was also benefiting from the construction of a two-unit kindergarten classroom block with dining hall, resting room, office, store, one number six-unit seater water closet toilet, as well as mechanized borehole.
He said all those projects were being funded by the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF), saying they were executed based on needs assessment and appealed to the people to support the government to bring the development of the municipality to the next level.
Mr Ameyaw expressed concern about the spread of HIV and AIDS in the area urging them to know their status and avoid risky behaviours, saying that HIV and AIDS remained a serious public health concern that stifled national progress and prosperity.
He also cautioned the people to stop the habit of stigmatising and discriminating against persons living with HIV and AIDS and called for intensified education on preventive measures to bring the spread of the disease under control.
Mr Ameyaw said the assembly had prioritised sanitation and called on the community members to support clean up exercises pledging the assembly dedication to work together with the Dormaa Traditional Council to improve sanitation and waste management in the area.
Prizes were presented to deserving schools which engaged in the march pass.
GNA
Edited by Dennis Peprah/Christabel Addo