RM SAYS EDUCATION IS KEY
RM SAYS EDUCATION IS KEY
BY PETER ATOGEWE WEDAM
ISD – BOLGATANGA MUNICIPAL DECEMBER 28, 2009
The Upper East Regional minister, Honourable Mark Owen Woyongo has stated that government is committed to delivering quality education to all its citizenry especially those in rural areas as a sure way of reducing poverty. Government’s plan is to address the challenges in management, structure and content of education.
The regional minister stated this in a keynote address at Nayagenia in the Kassena-Nankana East district during a homecoming ceremony of the Nayagenia Development Association [NDA]. He said government will continue to upgrade and rehabilitate school facilities including water and sanitation facilities and other essential services that will promote teaching and learning.
Honourable Woyongo said the Capitation grant, the School Feeding Programme and subsidy for basic school pupils such as provision of free school uniform and exercise books will be continued as interventions to increase enrolment and retention in schools.
He noted that it takes time and a lot of processes for government’s designed development projects to reach the grassroots and commended the NDA for instituting its own development agenda saying the projects initiated by the association sends a signal to government about the priority needs of the Nayagenia community.
The regional minister who is also a son of Nayagenia proposed the establishment of an education endowment fund to propel students from the community to higher institutions of learning.
He also pledged to work with the Volta River Authority to provide a three-phase transformer to meet the electricity needs of Nayagenia while plans are underway to improve the road network in the township.
The Chairman of the Nayagenia Development Association [NDA], Mr. Ben Rogers Bagnabu said the homecoming event is to create room for citizens of Nayagenia both at home and outside to meet and familiarise with one another so that they are able to recognise and assist their kind anywhere they meet.
Mr. Bagnabu disclosed that the NDA met in 2006 and planned the execution of a Community Health Compound and a library project which are at various stages of completion. He thanked all individuals and groups that supported the association and asked more philanthropists and citizens of the area to offer more assistance for the completion of all projects.
He said the Ghana Education Service [GES] and the community must find the causes of poor academic performance of the Nayagenia Junior High School and suggest immediate solutions to reverse the situation.
Mrs. Agnes Atagabe, Acting Upper East Regional Director of education in a word to the community called on parents, the GES and the community to foster strong mutual collaborations for the total development and upbringing of the pupils since the education of a child is a shared responsibility.
She noted that discipline is core in achieving academic excellence and advised parents to desist from assaulting school authorities whenever they discipline their wards in a bid to help them choose the right path as far as their education is concerned.
In a related development, the Upper East regional minister Mr. Mark Woyongo earlier joined the chiefs and people of the Navrongo traditional area to celebrate their annual Fao Festival.
BY PETER ATOGEWE WEDAM
ISD – BOLGATANGA MUNICIPAL DECEMBER 28, 2009
The Upper East Regional minister, Honourable Mark Owen Woyongo has stated that government is committed to delivering quality education to all its citizenry especially those in rural areas as a sure way of reducing poverty. Government’s plan is to address the challenges in management, structure and content of education.
The regional minister stated this in a keynote address at Nayagenia in the Kassena-Nankana East district during a homecoming ceremony of the Nayagenia Development Association [NDA]. He said government will continue to upgrade and rehabilitate school facilities including water and sanitation facilities and other essential services that will promote teaching and learning.
Honourable Woyongo said the Capitation grant, the School Feeding Programme and subsidy for basic school pupils such as provision of free school uniform and exercise books will be continued as interventions to increase enrolment and retention in schools.
He noted that it takes time and a lot of processes for government’s designed development projects to reach the grassroots and commended the NDA for instituting its own development agenda saying the projects initiated by the association sends a signal to government about the priority needs of the Nayagenia community.
The regional minister who is also a son of Nayagenia proposed the establishment of an education endowment fund to propel students from the community to higher institutions of learning.
He also pledged to work with the Volta River Authority to provide a three-phase transformer to meet the electricity needs of Nayagenia while plans are underway to improve the road network in the township.
The Chairman of the Nayagenia Development Association [NDA], Mr. Ben Rogers Bagnabu said the homecoming event is to create room for citizens of Nayagenia both at home and outside to meet and familiarise with one another so that they are able to recognise and assist their kind anywhere they meet.
Mr. Bagnabu disclosed that the NDA met in 2006 and planned the execution of a Community Health Compound and a library project which are at various stages of completion. He thanked all individuals and groups that supported the association and asked more philanthropists and citizens of the area to offer more assistance for the completion of all projects.
He said the Ghana Education Service [GES] and the community must find the causes of poor academic performance of the Nayagenia Junior High School and suggest immediate solutions to reverse the situation.
Mrs. Agnes Atagabe, Acting Upper East Regional Director of education in a word to the community called on parents, the GES and the community to foster strong mutual collaborations for the total development and upbringing of the pupils since the education of a child is a shared responsibility.
She noted that discipline is core in achieving academic excellence and advised parents to desist from assaulting school authorities whenever they discipline their wards in a bid to help them choose the right path as far as their education is concerned.
In a related development, the Upper East regional minister Mr. Mark Woyongo earlier joined the chiefs and people of the Navrongo traditional area to celebrate their annual Fao Festival.
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