Surveyors donate to Anloga Atihiepe Basic School
The Chairman of the Quantity Surveying Division of the Ghana Institution of Surveyors (GIS), Mr Humphrey Amegadoe, has challenged pupils of the Anloga Atihiepe Basic School to set personal goals that can ultimately shape their future.
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According to him, in spite of the endemic poverty in their community, which had seen many of their mates drop out of school, the pupils ought to be inspired by the bigger goal of becoming prominent citizens in future.
Studies and decisions
He said whereas the teachers of the school could do their best to impart knowledge to the pupils, the efforts they made into their studies and the decisions they took as students would greatly determine who they would become in future.
Mr Amegadoe made the statement after he donated books to the school on behalf of the institution.
The books, made up of Integrated Science, English language, Mathematics, technical and vocational textbooks as well as storybooks were procured at a cost of GH¢1,500.
“Endeavour to read and discover new vocabularies on a daily basis, because the more you read, the more you can derive meaning of words that will give you more exposure and further inform your future decisions,” Mr Amegadoe counselled the pupils.
Basic supplies
The Headmistress of the school, Ms Fidelia Ackumey, who received the books on behalf of the school, indicated that the school lacked the necessary basic teaching and learning materials, which she said had made the work of teachers difficult.
According to her, endemic poverty in the community had as well made it difficult for parents to provide the necessary learning materials for their children.
While the school had a library, teaching and learning materials were virtually non-existent, prompting the school to turn the library facility into a temporary storeroom for some building materials being used for the renovation of parts of the school buildings which were in dilapidated conditions.
According to Ms Ackumey, incidence of teenage pregnancy was also high as a result of broken homes, which had impacted on many of the pupils who were left to fend for themselves in school.
“Most of the pupils are engaged in fishing and petty trading of which they use the proceeds to fend for themselves and further support their single parents and this has seen many of the young girls engaging in acts leading to the incidence of teenage pregnancy in the community which forces many to drop out,” she said.