TMA builds more educational infrastructure under Industrial City Basic School initiative
The Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA) in the Greater Accra Region is tackling the issue of inadequate educational infrastructure in the metropolis as a positive step to creating a conducive environment for quality education at the basic level.
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The assembly, under its Industrial City Basic School initiative, is constructing six modern educational infrastructure in line with efforts to prepare the grounds for the assembly to abolish the shift system in the metropolis, since it was identified as one of the factors promoting truancy among some pupils.
Four of the schools have been completed and ready for use while two are at various stages of completion.
Inauguration
The TMA Chief Executive, Mr Isaac Ashai Odamtten, made this known last Wednesday at the inauguration of a three-storey 12-unit classroom block with ancillary facilities, including ICT laboratory, well stocked library, Home Economics block and washrooms, at the Anglican Junior High School at Tema Manhean.
The school, constructed with funds from the District Assembly’s Common Fund, is to help end the shift system due to the non-availability of classrooms to accommodate the growing student population.
The chief executive explained that the assembly had been investing in the provision of classrooms as a means of finding a solution to the problem because due to inadequate classrooms, most schools in the metropolis run the shift system which, he said, did not augur well for the attainment of the desired quality of education.
He said the assembly, therefore, started the construction of a six-unit classroom block at Baatsona and Mexico Basic School at Community Two, with a two-storey 12-unit classroom block each at Lashibi and Adjei Kojo and a two-storey 12-unit classroom block at the Republic Road Primary School at Community Four.
“We are confident that these projects, to a large extent, will not only improve educational standards in the area, but also help produce brilliant students who will be worthy future leaders,” he said.
He further disclosed that to build the capacity of teachers, the assembly recently sponsored three teachers to visit the United Kingdom as part of an international exchange programme to enhance their experience.
Utilising resources
The Greater Accra Regional Minister, Mr Joseph Nii Laryea Afotey-Agbo, commended the TMA for the intervention, stressing that he would continue to promote education in the region by ensuring that all the assemblies under his jurisdiction utilised their resources efficiently and judiciously to expand and improve educational infrastructure for the benefit of all.
The Public Relations Officer for Tema Metropolitan Education Directorate, Mr Azeriya G. Ayeriga, who deputised for the metropolitan education director, said the assembly’s investments in new school infrastructure challenged teachers and managers of the sector to improve on delivery of educational service in the metropolis.
He said he was optimistic that the new environment would impact positively on students’ learning and outcomes and help Tema to produce good students.
The Paramount Chief of Tema, Nii Adjei Krakue II, commended the TMA for taking steps to help improve on education in the metropolis and expressed optimism that the edifice would contribute to the attainment of quality education delivery in the area.