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Afigya-Kwabre completes 42 school projects

The Afigya-Kwabre District Assembly has completed a total of 42 school projects within the last six years as part of its aggressive push to promote access and raise the quality of education in the area.

Date Created : 6/3/2014 12:00:00 AM : Story Author : GNA

These involved the construction of new classroom blocks, teachers' accommodation, dormitories, dining halls and washrooms.

Among the beneficiary communities are Kyekyewere, Tetrem, Duaponko, Boaman, Soko, Adukro, Abroma, Penteng, Apagya, Kodie, Danase and timatim.

The others are Hemang-Buoho, Krobo, Bronkong, Odumakyi, Ankaase, Mpobi, Ejuratia, Aduman and Swedru.

Mr Kwaku Oppong-Kyekyeku Kaakyire, the District Chief Executive (DCE), announced this when he led a team of journalists of the Ghana News Agency (GNA) round to inspect some of the finished structures on Monday.

The journalists were there under STAR-Ghana's sponsored media auditing and tracking of development projects to put a spotlight on how government resources are impacting on the lives of the people.

The DCE said the funding came mainly through their share of the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF) and the District Development Fund.

He spoke of plans to build additional classrooms at Ahenkro, Essase, Mowire and Adubinsokese as well as bungalows for teachers at Tetrem, Adukro and Kyekyewere.

Education development, he said, was one of the assembly's major priorities and it would therefore do everything to create academically-friendly environment for school children and teachers.

He said the investment had already started yielding positive results by way of increased enrolment and good academic performance but he did not go into the details.

The situation where kids at Hemang-Buoho, Bronkong, Krobo and Abidjan had to travel long distances to attend school because there were no schools in their communities, was now effectively ended.

Mr Oppong-Kyekyeku urged the communities to show ownership of the projects and to make sure there was a strict maintenance regime.

He expressed optimism that the completion of the district administration block would help to free resources to bring more development to the people.

"Currently, the assembly has been operating from a filling station and a chunk of its revenue is spent on rent.

The refreshing news is that construction works on the administration block of the assembly is nearing completion, and it is expected to be ready by the close of the year," he added.