TANO SOUTH MUNICIPAL ASSEMBLY DONATES 1,086 FURNITURE TO EDUCATION DIRECTORATE

 

As part of Government’s commitment to make education accessible to all manner of school going age, the government through the Tano South Municipal Assembly has procured 1,089 pieces of dual desks and handled them to Municipal education directorate to further distribute them to the needed schools to reduce some of the challenges confronting educational sector in the Municipality. The MCE for Tano South, Hon. Collins Offinam Takyi indicated that a proposal on purchase of the said desks was submitted to the Assembly by the Municipal Education Director and hinted that it was upon the request that the Assembly has purchased the desks.

 

 

                                                                  Some of the Furniture and the donation to the Education Directorate

According to him, the Assembly has completed other number of projects in the Municipality and stressed that the said projects would be commissioned and handle over to the beneficiary communities.

Hon. Takyi reiterated that management of sanitation in schools is dear to the heart of the Assembly, hence the Assembly has built 6 Unit water closest in Roman Catholic cluster of schools among others. He said the 1,089 dual desks were procured through the usage of Assembly share of the District Performance Assessment Tool (D-PAT) Hon. Takyi said the D-PAT programme has helped Assembly to embark on many projects and activities in some sectors of the economy including health in the Municipality. He used the occasion to advise all government's staff to do their best to ensure the Municipality is developed.

                                             Tano South Municipal Chief Executive, Hon. Hon. Collins Offinam Takyi addressing the gathering

In a short but impressive speech, Madam Lucy Ama Ankrah, the Regional Education Director thanked Tano South Assembly for their kind gesture. According to her, the dual desks have come at the right time to address some of the teaching and learning problems which have existed in the public schools for many years and pledged to take care of them.

 

                                                         Madam Lucy Ama Ankrah, the Regional Education Director thanking the Assembly

The Programme was attended by Hon. Collins Offinam Takyi, the MCE for Tano South, Mr Asare Antwi, the Presiding Member of the Assembly, Madam Lucy Ama Ankrah Regional Education Director, Mrs. Mable Botokro Municipal Education Director, Mr. Anthony Owusu-Amoako Municipal Coordinating Director, Nana Opuku Agyemang Bechem Traditional Council and Heads of Department.

TANO SOUTH MUNINICIPAL OBSERVES ‘’MY FIRST DAY AT SCHOOL’’

 

The Tano South Municipal Chief Executive, Hon. Hon. Collins Offinam Takyi, Municipal Education Director Mrs. Mabel Botokro Municipal Officials of the Tano South Municipal Assembly and Officials of the Tano South Municipal Directorate of Education visited Primary schools in the Tano South Municipality to interact with new entrants of KGI and Primary one to mark “My First Day at School”.

The team which was divided into groups to cover the various educational zones saw the MCE, MCD and MED leading their various groups with each group presenting educational materials, soft drinks and goodies to the new entrants.

                 

                    Some of the Dignitaries interacting with the students in one of the schools

The Tano South Municipal Director of Education, Mrs. Mabel Botokro who accompanied the MCE in a short welcoming speeches at all schools welcome the students especially those entering school for the first time and urged them to study hard to become responsible adults in future. He said teachers are the eye of the community and for that matter, urged them to avoid absenteeism and do all they can to impart knowledge to the pupils to make them become good leaders in future and advise the pupils not to exchange their nose masks with their friends when she visited schools.

The Tano South MCE and his group which visited the schools saw the MCE addressing pupils and teachers of the schools he visited. In his addresses, he said government is committed to improve the educational system of the country and for that matter, government through the Tano South Municipal Assembly has been able to construct a number of school buildings to boost infrastructural development of our schools and advised parents to send their children to school to enable them have brighter future.

Hon. Takyi urged the teaching staff to continue with their dedicated service to God and country adding that Government has a lot for them and charged them to be good role models to the pupils they teach because that was the only way the Municipality and the country at large could bring up responsible people to take over the realms of leadership in the future. He said teachers should not only put up responsible behavior in school but also at their home since they lived with the pupils in the various communities. He advised them to adhere to covid-19 protocols by insuring that the washing of their hands under running water with soaps and wearing of the nose masks.

 He used the occasion to distribute items such as Drawing Kits, erasers, pencils, excises books, biscuits, kalyppo and pencil cases to the pupils.