ACADEMIC performance of schoolchildren in deprived basic schools in the Chereponi District of the Northern Region is likely to improve in the years ahead.
This follows the provision of 112,484 free exercise and textbooks to schools in the district by the government. Additionally 3,862 free school uniforms have been provided to schools in the area. The items included language, writing and mathematics books for primary one, two and three.
The gesture was part of the GH¢17.2 million released by the government to procure educational materials for distribution to deprived schools in the country.
Presenting the items to the beneficiary schools, a member of the Council of State, Kpan-Naa Mohammed Bawah, observed that education was the backbone of every society and, therefore, the state had the responsibility to support that sector.
“The items are to enable our schoolchildren to perform well at the basic levels of education since that will help them to climb the education ladder to the highest level they can reach” he pointed out.
The Chereponi District Chief Executive, Alhaji Mohammed Issah Abah, expressed regret that the district was confronted with many hindrances that were thwarting its efforts.
“The performance of our students at the 2009 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) and the West Africa Senior Secondary Certificate Examination leaves much to be desired,”Alhaji Abah lamented.
According to him, “the performance is so abysmal that drastic and concrete measures have to be taken to improve the falling standards of education in this newly created district”.
He indicated that a quantity of graph and technical drawing books were expected to be given out to deprived schools in the area.
The Chief Executive announced that the assembly with support from the Community Based Rural Development Programme (CBRDP) would rehabilitate 13 educational facilities in the district that were hit by rainstorm last year.
Similarly, the CBRDP is supporting the construction of a three-unit classroom block at Naweiku at the Chereponi Senior High/Technical School, he stated.
The Chereponi District Director of Education, Mr Paul Konde, observed that although the district was deprived, it was progressing steadily.
He noted that the educational materials would enhance teaching and learning in deprived schools.
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