Buses(5/6/09)mp

Story: Emmanuel Bonney & Jennifer Dornoo

The Ministry of Education yesterday presented 22 buses worth GH¢ 770,000 to selected senior high schools (SHS) to promote effective teaching and learning.
The beneficiary schools include Sefwi Bekwai, Nandom, Aduman, Dadieso, Dorfor, Prang and Sekyedumase, Labone and the St Thomas Aquinas Senior High Schools.
Speaking at the ceremony, the Minister of Education, Mr Alex Tetteh-Enyo, said the presentation was another giant step towards enhancing teaching and learning in the schools.
He said the presentation of the 33-seater buses was in pursuit of the government’s desire to ensure that all senior high schools were provided with means of transportation to facilitate school activities.
He said since assuming office, the NDC government had come out with many programmes to ensure that all senior high schools were well placed for the task of producing students of high calibre.
Mr Tetteh-Enyo said education was currently at the forefront of the national development agenda, adding that the desire “to ensure effective teaching and learning in the schools placed enormous responsibilities on teachers”.
He appealed to teachers to rededicate themselves to their profession as the government would ensure that teachers were provided with the necessary tools and incentives to enable them to perform their duties effectively.
He urged the various beneficiaries to take good care of the buses and maintain them well to give them a longer life span.
The Director General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Mr Samuel Bannerman-Mensah, appealed to the heads of institutions to use the buses for the operations of the GES and school activities.
The headmistress of Labone Senior High School, Mrs Joyce Agyekum, on behalf of heads of beneficiary schools thanked the ministry for the buses and assured the sector minister that the buses would be well maintained.