The office, which was financed by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) in collaboration with the government of Ghana, is one of the new 15 districts education offices across the country.

Mr Seth Badu Tawiah, the Municipal Chief Executive of LEKMA, commended the US government for giving the directorate a befitting office.

He said the completion of the office complex had come at the right time as the Assembly was facing a major challenge in the provision of office accommodation for its departments.

We are optimistic that the provision of the facility will help the education directorate to perform its core mandate of ensuring quality education through effective and efficient supervision and monitoring of academic performance of both public and private schools,he said.

Mr Gene A. Cretz, the US Ambassador, said the American people through USAID, had invested approximately $19.7 million in building and furnishing the 15 new education office complexes, along with 49 junior high schools, 50 kindergartens and 45 toilets facilities in 34

districts.

He said the US acknowledged the essential role people in offices played in supporting and motivating school teachers and administrators to effectively oversee and ensure quality education of Ghanaians children, hence the funding of the office complex.

He commended government for introducing measures which had propelled Ghana to emerge as one of the 20 countries to globally lead the charge to eradicate child illiteracy.

Mr Cretz announced a new project dubbed Partnership for Education by the American people through the USAID which would be investing $190 million over the next five years to support Ghanas efforts to ensure that children acquire the basic literacy and numeracy skills that would prepare them to keep up with global trends.

Prof Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, the Minister of Education, said the government contributed GH¢2.56 million towards the pre-project and pre-contract feasibility and undertakook other implementation activities like the geotechnical and geomantic surveys of project sites and preparation of an Environmental Mitigation and Management Plan.

She commended USAID for the project and urged officials of LEKMA to ensure adequate maintenance of the facility.

She said the government was interested in the upward mobility of learners and had begun infrastructural developments in the Secondary Education Sector which is in support of governments agenda to build 200 Community Day Schools throughout the country.

2015-02-20

LEKMA gets new education office

The Ledzokuku-Krowor Municipal Assembly (LEKMA) on Thursday inaugurated a two-storey office complex for its education directorate at Nungua in Accra.

The office, which was financed by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) in collaboration with the government of Ghana, is one of the new 15 districts education offices across the country.

Mr Seth Badu Tawiah, the Municipal Chief Executive of LEKMA, commended the US government for giving the directorate a befitting office.

He said the completion of the office complex had come at the right time as the Assembly was facing a major challenge in the provision of office accommodation for its departments.

We are optimistic that the provision of the facility will help the education directorate to perform its core mandate of ensuring quality education through effective and efficient supervision and monitoring of academic performance of both public and private schools,he said.

Mr Gene A. Cretz, the US Ambassador, said the American people through USAID, had invested approximately $19.7 million in building and furnishing the 15 new education office complexes, along with 49

junior high schools, 50 kindergartens and 45 toilets facilities in 34

districts.

He said the US acknowledged the essential role people in offices played in supporting and motivating school teachers and administrators to effectively oversee and ensure quality education of Ghanaians children, hence the funding of the office complex.

He commended government for introducing measures which had propelled Ghana to emerge as one of the 20 countries to globally lead the charge to eradicate child illiteracy.

Mr Cretz announced a new project dubbed Partnership for Education by the American people through the USAID which would be investing $190 million over the next five years to support Ghanas efforts to ensure that children acquire the basic literacy and numeracy skills that would prepare them to keep up with global trends.

Prof Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, the Minister of Education, said the government contributed GH¢2.56 million towards the pre-project and pre-contract feasibility and undertakook other implementation activities like the geotechnical and geomantic surveys of project sites and preparation of an Environmental Mitigation and Management Plan.

She commended USAID for the project and urged officials of LEKMA to ensure adequate maintenance of the facility.

She said the government was interested in the upward mobility of learners and had begun infrastructural developments in the Secondary Education Sector which is in support of governments agenda to build 200 Community Day Schools throughout the country.