STORY: Nana Konadu Agyeman, Koforidua
AN 88-bedroom hostel and other amenities worth several thousands of Ghana cedis have been put up for the Koforidua Polytechnic.
The four-storey edifice, capable of accommodating 448 students at a time and the other amenities made up of a two-storey administration block, the rector’s bungalow, 10 staff bungalows, lecture halls for School of Applied Sciences and Technology and the School of Management Studies, were funded by the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund).
Besides, the GETFund has also refurbished a number of existing blocks of the polytechnic including the computer and the School of Engineering blocks and the construction of a playing field.
The Rector of the Polytechnic, Dr George Afranie, made this known to the Daily Graphic at Koforidua.
He said as an investment by the GETFund, the first-class hostel, which is being managed by a private investor and is currently being occupied by 110 students, was to be attached with two kitchens and furnished with two refrigerators, two large gas and electric cookers and provided with recreational rooms with DSTVs on each floor.
"By this, it is expected that the facility will provide the students a conducive environment to study," Dr Afranie stated.
He said the GETFund had also provided a generator to take care of power outages and a 24-hour security service to ensure the safety of lives and property of the occupants.
Dr Afranie stated that this year alone, the GETFund had provided Koforidua Polytechnic with ¢3.5 billion to be used by the School of Engineering, and that the road leading to the hostel had been re-constructed.
The rector expressed his appreciation to the GETFund for the immense contributions it had made towards infrastructural development in tertiary institutions in the country.
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