Accra, Sept. 8,GNA – The Fafraha Holy Ghost Temple of the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC), on Wednesday, handed over an ultramodern laboratory containing 65 computers to the Fafraha Community Day Senior High School to enhance teaching and learning.
The laboratory, valued at GHS274,544.55, has one printer-photocopier machine, one projector, two projector screens, and 33 desks and expected to serve a student population of 1,059.
The Church, earlier donated five slightly-used computers to the School for administrative purposes.
The Reverend Christopher Yaw Annor, the Senior Pastor of the Holy Ghost Temple, said the facility was to help improve performance in Information and Communication Technology (ICT).
He encouraged the students to take maximum advantage of the laboratory to develop and build ICT skills for the future.
He urged the teachers and management of the School to ensure that the facility was put to good use and maintained.
Mrs Augustina Adjoa Owusu, Headmistress of the School, expressed excitement over the gesture and said, “It will enhance scientific and technological research and build the capacity of our students.”
“Technology usage has gone a long way in all spheres of life at the work and educational environment,” she said, adding that, “Although many parents can now purchase computers for their children, they might not get the time to inspire and teach them to learn researching, so this facility will enable us to do that. On behalf of management and students, we are extremely grateful to the ICGC Holy Ghost Temple for their kindness.”
Mr Daniel Alexander Nii-Noi Adumuah, the Adentan Municipal Chief Executive, in a keynote address, said education could only be complete with the right facilities, especially at the pre-tertiary level.
However, the government could not do it alone and needed the help of philanthropists like the Church to complement its efforts, he said.
Mr Adumuah said the Holy Ghost Temple had in many ways shown love to the Community, such as painting the Fafraha Health Centre and donating street lights to the Rowi and Catholic Church areas.
He expressed the Assembly’s gratitude to the Church and prayed that God replenished it of all it had spent, adding, “This gesture is deeply recognised and appreciated.”
Mr Kwasi Nkansah, Commissioner of Police (Rtd), the Board Chairman of the School, advised the School to handle the facility with care to enable it serve succeeding generations.
He urged the students to take their studies seriously because that was the best gift their parents could give them.