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Improving the Quality of Education
The Assembly over the years has been a direct provider of education having been building classroom blocks from class one to JSS. It is now the vision of the Assembly to go beyond the provision of structures to providing quality education.
The central Government has made provision of an amount of [¢17b] to upgrade Shama Secondary School into a high standard institution of learning. It is the plan of the Assembly also to take one of the existing schools to upgrade in the same fashion.
With the increasingly dominant role of Information and Communication Technology as the main driving force in the world of trade and development, the Assembly will strengthen the capacity of our educational institutions to provide the skilled human resources required to meet the needs of the industry and also expand the capacity to provide access to more people in the communities.
ESTABLISHMENT OF A UNIVERSITY
As the third most industrialized city in Ghana, the absence of any institutions of higher learning is a source of worry to many including potential investors.
It is the vision of the Assembly to facilitate the establishment of a university campus in the Metropolis within the next five years to help upgrade or improve the standard of education.
The Assembly’s Sister Cities in U.S.A and U.K., which have very good institutions of higher learning have shown great interest to assist in this regard.
In pursuit of this goal the Assembly has established an Education Fund was launched at the Mayor’s Ball and Awards Night at the Hillcrest Hotel as part of the Centenary Celebrations.
The Assembly initiative in the education sub- sector over the period was the expansion of educational infrastructure including teacher’s accommodation, scholarship to needy but brilliant students, motivation of teachers and intensive supervision by the Ghana Education Service.
A total of 13 3-Unit JSS Blocks, 6 Six-Unit Primary schools Blocks and 1 Four-Unit teachers accommodation were constructed. Through the GETFUND and HIPIC Funds 4 No Six-Class Rooms were constructed with 240 dual desks, 24 teachers’ tables, 4 tables for Staff Common Rooms and 40 Library chairs provided to primary school across the Metropolis.
Enrolment also improved at especially the basic levels over the period with the highest being 4.09 at the JSS level and 2.62 and 1.79 for the primary pre-school and primary levels respectively. The scaling up of the implementation of the Free Compulsory Basic Education Policy (FCUBE) and the introduction of the NEPAD School Feeding programme and the Capitation Grant over the period no doubt added to the gains made
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