Osei Tutu SHS receives 50 laptops

Daily Graphic / Ghana Education Jan - 08 - 2014 , 09:30

The government has supplied 50 laptops to the Osei Tutu Senior High School in the Ashanti Region to enhance the teaching of information communication technology (ICT) in the school.

In addition to this, the school authorities have procured 50 new computers to support the teaching and learning of the subject.

Announcing this during the 73rd anniversary of the school at Akropong in the Atwima District of the Ashanti Region, the Headmaster, Mr Samuel K. Fordjour, said as part of measures to improve the study of science, the authorities have refurbished the science laboratory at the cost of GH¢20,000.

He said a new science laboratory and classroom block under construction were progressing steadily and that the collaboration with all stakeholders would result in the early completion of the project.

Speaking on the theme: “Moral education as a tool for transformational development”, Mr Fordjour said they have also procured furniture and new equipment for the laboratory with the view of motivating science students to meaningfully focus on their academic programmes.

On the challenges confronting the school, Mr Fordjour said both the school’s dining hall and library could no longer accommodate the large number of students and, therefore, needed expansion.

He also said out of the 105 teachers in the school, only 30 had accommodation on the school compound and pointed out that the situation was undermining effective supervision. He therefore, appealed for support to construct more bungalows for teachers.

In an address read on his behalf, the Dean of the Faculty of Education, Communication and Sciences FECS of the University of Education, Winneba, Dr F.K. Sarfo, expressed concern about what he described as the falling moral standards among some of the youth and urged teachers to help instil discipline in students.