By: Kekeli K. Blamey
The Member of Parliament for Adaklu, Kwame Agbodza has indicated there has been massive infrastructure development in the education sector in his jurisdiction during his three-year term as a legislature.
This he said would contribute to shaping the future of the district by improving the human resource capacity of the district once labeled as the poorest and least developed among its peers in the country.
He asserted that some 43 classroom blocks have been constructed in various schools across the district, particularly eradicating schools under threes and unfavorable structures.
“I completed the first classroom block before I became a Member of Parliament in 2012. I can now count about 41 individual school buildings since 2012. That is a lot of additions to what we came to meet”, he said.
He acknowledged Pencils of Promise for sponsoring the majority of the projects through an agreement under which he provided 30% of the total building cost.
Mr. Agbodza lauded other nongovernmental organizations such as Adanu for their contribution to the feat.
Though he applauded the efforts of the government of Ghana as well, he lamented that several of such projects sponsored by the government have been abandoned.
One such project is a three-unit classroom block at the Adaklu Seva District Assembly Basic School which is being funded by the government through the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETfund).
Mr. Agbodza identified the lack of accommodation and the unwillingness of teachers to accept posting to deprived districts as major factors in the inadequate number of teachers in the the Adaklu District
He hinted at undertaking a teacher’s bungalows project to ensure teachers are residents in communities of their respective schools to ensure they are in proximity to the pupils.
He added that he had instituted the Adaklu Teachers Pride Award to serve as motivation for teachers and staff in the education sector of the district and cheer them on to continue giving their best.
