EDUCATION


ADAKLU: 3 unit classroom commissioned for Avelebe

Pencils of Promise (PoP), a Non- Governmental Organisation (NGO) in the Volta region continue to impact positively on the education of deprived communities in various districts in the Volta region.

Date Created : 8/14/2017 7:09:54 AM : Story Author : Ghanadistricts.com


The latest community to benefit from their educational infrastructural intervention is the Avelebe community where a new 3-unit classroom block has been built to replace the shed which was used as classroom by the community.  

The 3-unit classroom block which was commissioned last week at Avelebe was the 13 of such schools the NGO has built in the district with support from the communities.

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Adaklu constituency, Kwame Governs Agbodza through whose lobbying the NGO built the classroom block noted that the NGO funded the project at $35,000, while the residents on the other hand provided labour with materials including sand and chippings.

The new block comes with class rooms, teachers’ office, store, and washroom facilities.

In addition, the NGO is providing students with free handheld digital tablets computers, commonly known as E-learning to help with their school work.

This, the MP said would help fast track education in the area, stating that some  of the school projects are still under construction and will soon be completed to enable pupil have conducive environment for learning.

Stating why the NGO intervention has been magnanimous, the MP said the constituency would not have gotten the kind of education facilities provided with the MPs Common Fund and that the constituent would forever be grateful to the "Pencil of Promise."

For instance, he said this year District Budget for the MPs Common Fund (MPCF) stood at GHs220, 000.00, representing 4.6% of the total revenue projected for the District, which clearly shows that, the MPCF could not provide the kind of infrastructure necessary for the constituent.