MP SUPPORTS AGOTIME SCHOOL (PAGE 11)

A FOUR-UNIT classroom block provided by the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ho-East, Mrs Juliana Azumah-Mensah, has been dedicated to the Agotime Senior High School at Kpetoe in the Adaklu-Anyigbe District.
She has also donated six computers and furniture worth GH¢1,080 to school’s the computer laboratory and dining hall respectively.
The computers were donated through her collaboration with a non-governmental organisation, the Entire Village Computers Organisation (EVCO) Incorporated.
Addressing the students, staff and some parents, Mrs Azumah-Mensah said education was key to the development of every society.
She noted that it was pertinent for the youth to take keen interest in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) since it was the driving force of the world today.
The MP said she had offered assistance to about 450 students in senior high schools (SHSs) and tertiary institutions and pledged further support to propel education to a higher level.
She appealed to the people to protect school lands in order to keep those with the tendency to encroach on them at bay.
Mrs Azumah-Mensah urged school authorities to ban the speaking of pidgin English on school campuses because it contributed to the poor grades attained in the English Language in examination in recent times.
She advised students to avoid all forms of insubordination that could derail their steady growth into productive citizens.
The Country Director of EVCO INC, Mr Owusu Sunu, disclosed that over 5,450 junior high schools and 503 senior high schools would benefit from the distribution of computers.
He promised to provide technical support on the use and repair of computers and accessories to all beneficiaries.
In an address read on his behalf, the headmaster, Mr M. K. Fiamordzi, said over the past two years, female students had excelled in their final examinations.
She appealed to the authorities to prevail on the contractor working on the girls hostel to speed up the work since it was already behind schedule.
For his part, the District Director of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Mr Sam Tumaku, expressed gratitude to the donors for their gesture to the younger generation and urged the recipients to be disciplined.
The chairman of the parent teacher association (PTA), Mr D. B. Avorgli, said the MP’s gesture demonstrated selflessness, uprightness and dedication to a community by an individual.