“This is a serious threat to their future development and society and should be a cause for alarm,” he said.

He therefore advised children and young people to refrain from copying everything they see and hear in the name of modernity.

Mr Ameko made the remarks during the commissioning and handing over of a school block to the Evangelical Presbyterian Church Primary School at Adaklu Kpatovoe.

The project, funded by the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund), cost GH¢950,000 to complete and consists of three classrooms, an office, a store and a staff common room.

Each classroom has been furnished with 40 modern mono desks provided by the Adaklu District Assembly in collaboration with Mr Governs Kwame Agbodza, the Minister for Roads and Highways and Member of Parliament for Adaklu, and Mr Ameko.

According to the DCE, the project was initiated in 2016 but was abandoned by the previous government.

He noted that children were the future leaders of the country and therefore needed to be properly groomed to enable them to take up the mantle of leadership.

The DCE stressed that the huge investments being made by the government in the education sector were aimed at helping young people become self-sufficient and productive members of society.

He lamented the poor academic performance of schools in the district and urged the District Education Directorate to intensify monitoring and supervision of teachers.

Mr Ameko, who is also the Dean of the Volta Region’s Municipal and District Chief Executives (MDCEs), called for the revival of all dormant School Management Committees and Parent-Teacher Associations to help restore the district to its enviable academic position in the country.

As an educationist, he said teachers had chosen a noble profession and should therefore work with passion and dedication while showing keen interest in the academic progress and welfare of their pupils.

“We chose to enter the noble profession of teaching, so let us do it with passion and dedication and be interested in the progression and welfare of our pupils.

“I will henceforth keep teachers on their toes,” he said.

Mr Ameko also urged parents to continue investing in their children’s education, saying the returns on such investments were “enormous and gratifying.”

He disclosed that the Assembly, in collaboration with Mr Agbodza, had acquired 3,000 modern mono desks for distribution to schools in the district.

He added that another 1,220 desks would soon be received, which he said would help address the shortage of furniture in classrooms across the district.

He said Gbekor and Adaklu Senior High Schools, as well as the Adaklu Technical School, would also benefit from the desks.

The DCE assured the people that the Assembly, in collaboration with Mr Agbodza, was working to provide all schools in the district with decent classroom blocks.

He said new and abandoned classroom projects would soon be completed and handed over to the beneficiary schools.

He further disclosed that the construction of six-unit teachers’ bungalows was underway in some communities to help ease the accommodation challenges facing teachers.

Mr Mac-Peter Dumatonu, the Adaklu District Director of Education, called on teachers to reciprocate the huge investments being made in the education sector by putting more effort into teaching and maximising contact hours with pupils.

He appealed to the community and teachers to take good care of the classroom block and desks to prolong their lifespan.

“I urge you to develop the culture of maintenance,” he said.