A Six-bedroom facility for teachers in four communities in the Kwahu North District (Afram Plains) has been inaugurated and handed over to the beneficiary communities.
The GH¢18,000 structure, with facilities such as kitchens, a rain harvesting system and toilets, would serve teachers posted to basic schools at Tease, Dim, Sakabo and Taylorkope communities in the area.
The project was funded by the European Union (EU) under its 6th Micro Project Programme with support from the Kwahu North District Assembly and the beneficiary communities
Inaugurating the facility, the Eastern Regional Minister, Mr Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, commended the EU for its commitment towards addressing accommodation needs of teachers posted to rural parts of the country, a gesture he said would motivate teachers to accept posting to such areas and give off their best.
The EU Micro Project Programme Manager, Mr Kobina Dankyi Darfoor, said the micro project programme was a community-based rural development programme meant to assist rural communities have access to social facilities such as school buildings, toilets, health posts, teachers’ and nurses’ quarters, among others.
The chief of Pitiko, Nana Danso Ababio II, thanked the EU for the gesture, which he said would not only encourage teachers to accept posting to the communities but would also improve teaching and learning in the beneficiary communities.
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