Second AMA millennium city school project takes off
The Chief Executive Officer of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly, Dr Alfred Okoe Vanderpuije, has cut the sod to signify commencement of work for the construction of the second millennium city school project.
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The project, comprising 18 classrooms, is located on the compound of the Odorkor Salleria Cluster of Schools in the Ablekuma North Constituency.
The school project is part of the Millennium City Project initiated by the assembly and would be completed in a year.
The school structure comprises classrooms, an office for teachers, washrooms, a library, a computer and science laboratories.
About the project
As part of efforts to end the shift system in public schools, the assembly has since 2012 embarked on a project to put up new schools. The initiative comes under its Millennium City School Project.
Already, the assembly, in partnership with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through a support of $2.7 million, have constructed 50 three-storey 18-unit classroom blocks for selected schools in the metropolis.
Currently, about 107 new schools have been constructed in the metropolis.
More schools
At the ceremony in Accra, Dr Vanderpuije said in the next two weeks, additional 13 three-storey 18-unit classroom blocks would be constructed for various schools in the metropolis.
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He said the move was part of the efforts the government was making to end the shift system and also promote quality teaching and learning in schools by providing modern buildings and facilities.
Good results
He urged teachers and students in the schools to produce good results at the end of their academic studies.
“It is our hope that our children will bring home good academic achievements. We want to see our children engage their teachers in a conducive teaching and learning environment,” he said.
He also urged parents to ensure that their children stayed in school. He urged teachers and education officers in charge of the various schools in the sub-metro to make sure that there was effective teaching and learning in the schools.
Mr Justice Joe Appiah, the Member of Parliament for the Ablekuma North Constituency, described the work of the assembly as development in the right direction.
He was optimistic that when the school project was completed, it would go a long way to enhance the standards of education in the community.
Maintenance culture
The Metropolitan Director of Education, Mrs Angela Tena Mensah, promised that the facility would be put to good use when conpleted.
She urged the people in the community to develop a maintenance culture and assist to preserve the facility for future generations.