The new edifice
CONNECTING Kids Education Foundation (CKEF), a non-governmental organisation, in its quest to increase literacy in the rural areas of Ghana, commissioned an ultra-modern school library for Anum Anglican A & B Primary and Junior High Schools in Anum in the Eastern Region on Monday.
The edifice consists of a 25-seater computer laboratory and a 30-seater library, amounting to GH¢300,000.
Addressing the gathering at the short ceremony, the Founder and President of CKEF, Mrs Ellen Blamires, said her outfit could not have supported a better school than Anum Anglican A & B Schools.
She said the construction of the library and ICT lab was sponsored by PW Ghana Limited, Antrak Australia, Stellar Logistics, MPS Ghana, Ghana Home Loans, Atlas Copco Ghana, Voltic, Astra Zeneca, Kings School, and Macclesfield, UK.
According to her, even though their core mandate was to improve literacy in deprived rural areas, they also looked out for communities who were willing to support their wards’ education in their own small ways.
She posited that another reason her outfit settled on the aforementioned area was due to the efforts of one Nana Adoba I, Gyaasehene of the Benkum Division of the Anum Traditional Area, who after hearing of her organisation, made countless efforts to convince them (CKEF) to bring developmental projects to his area (Anum).
Mrs Blamires added that as Ghana moved into the middle income bracket, it had become more crucial to provide the younger generation with the right education, adding that “though government will always play a role in such a process, organisations like CKEF can be a catalyst for communities seeking to help themselves.”
Chiefs’ Reaction
At a durbar of chiefs, elders and other stakeholders of the Anum Traditional Area, the District Chief Executive for Asuogyaman, Mr Thomas Ampem Nyarko, noted that the performance of the Anglican A&B Schools at the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in the last six years had been very poor, especially in the area of ICT.
But he was quick to add that students of Anglican A&B could not be blamed for their poor performance in ICT because even though they had never set their eyes on a computer, they were still required to write the same examination with their counterparts in the urban areas who were familiar with the computer.
He disclosed that the Ghana Education Service (GES) would be made to absorb the library and ICT centre and make sure they were fully integrated into the area’s educational system, adding that the GES would also see to the supply of books and other materials.
The Adontenhene, Nana Kwasi Anyame V and Benkumhene of Anum Traditional Area, Nana Okyempem Adu VII, applauded CKEF’s initiative and stressed that there was the need for them as traditional rulers to support what they termed a ‘wonderful initiative’.
According to the traditional leaders, the only way a leader would forever remain in the hearts of his subjects was when he left behind a good legacy. They urged the students to make good use of the facility for their own good.
FROM Daniel Bampoe, Anum
Via: -Daily Guide
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