AMA inaugurates 18-unit classroom block at Korle Gonno
An 18-unit classroom block was yesterday inaugurated at Korle Gonno in the Accra metropolis by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) to improve the educational standards of the community.
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The school, which forms part of the Assembly’s Millennium Schools Project, was constructed at a cost of GH¢2.4 million with funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
The basic and junior high school complex also contains a kindergarten, computer and science laboratory, library and offices for teachers.
The inauguration of the school attracted chiefs and many people in the community.
Supporters of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) were also not left out as they attended the event in their numbers.
The new USAID/AMA funded millennium city school building at Korle Gonno Cluster of Schools in Accra.
Millennium schools
In his address, the Chief Executive of the AMA, Mr Alfred Okoe Vanderpuiye, said the Millennium City School concept had improved the standard of education in the metropolis.
He stated that the assembly had so far inaugurated 17 of such schools and the communities that had benefited from the project had seen improvements in their academic standards.
For example, he said the Laterbiokoshie ‘3’ JHS had improved its performance from being the 119 best school in the metropolis in 2014 to 25th in 2015.
He, therefore, urged the pupils of the Korle Gonno Cluster of Schools to learn hard to improve their performance.
“Teachers must also endeavour to come to school on time and must be prepared to teach with a sense of quality,” he said.
He announced that the assembly would also inaugurate two of such schools at Accra New Town and Achimota by the close of next week.
The AMA chief executive said the schools were the best forms of investment that could improve the lives of the children of the metropolis.
“We know that the children can excel when given the right support. We built the schools to better the future of our children,” he added.
No to insults
For his part, the Member of Parliament for Ablekuma South, Mr Fritz Baffour, said the country’s politics must be development driven and not based on insults and personality attacks.
“Politics of insults will not help the country. Let us focus on development which will improve the livelihood of the people,” he added.