A SCHOOL designed to ignite enthusiasm for learning in the Akuapem area has begun at Obosomase. It is currently admitting children from kindergarten to junior high school (JHS).
The objective of the new school, Aloma International Academy is to provide instruction covering early childhood education through high school and college.
The school, will also provide training in Information and Communication Technology (ICT). The academy is also a training facility for Early Childhood educators.
Though the institution is geared primarily to provide instruction, it will go further in the delivery of a high standard of quality childcare.
Its daily operations starts from 7:00 am. to 7:00pm. The time period will enable parents to drop their children at school before going to work and pick their wards after work.
The facility is equipped to provide three meals per day for students. Also scheduled for provision, are malaria tablets and vitamins, once weekly. In that context, a wellness programme has been designed.
“We intend to improve the condition of the whole child,” said Nana Akua Adobea, Nkosuohemaa of the Kronti Division of Aburi the school’s proprietress, adding that “our holistic approach speaks to making quality education available.”
Nana Akua Adobea who hails from Jamaica and is privately known as Ms Aloma Ingram was enstoolled at the Kronti Palace of Aburi four years ago.
“I am looking for parents who are serious about educating their children. Our Ghanaian children deserve the best,” Nana Akua Adobea said.
“At present, the institution is offering a free tuition scholarship to each student, for the first term, which has started. Of course, there is a cost for uniforms, food, other materials and services, at a reasonable cost”, she said.
Dr Osei Bonsu Twum, the District Municipal Chief Executive for Akuapem South, who visited the project, was so impressed and said, “Nana, I am being touched by Angel. You are an Angel.”
Nana Akua Adobea explained to the Daily Graphic that the initial phase of the project, consisting of the first floor of a six-unit two storey classroom block, has been completed.
She said the project was furnished with a computer laboratory with Internet facility, a library and child-friendly learning tools aimed at stimulating the learning abilities of the children.
However, the lack of funds is currently posing serious constraints to the early completion of the second floor of the project and another six-unit classroom block, which is currently at the foundation level.
Upon completion, the Aloma International Academy will also comprise facilities for adult learning centre, family planning and nutrition programmes for women in the area.
The project forms part of Nana Akua Adobea’s contribution to making learning under a conducive environment by school children more accessible and the uplift of the standard of education at Obosomase and other communities on the Akuapem Ridge.
According to the Nkosuohemea since education was one of the major tools that could promote the development of a child’s intellectual, mental formation as well as behavioural patterns, she decided to provide the Obosomase community with a school to make education more accessible to schoolchildren from the area and its environs.
“Although every child has the right to education, it is not only the responsibility of the government; It is a shared responsibility among the state, traditional authorities, individuals, parents as well as teachers,", the Nkosuohemaa of Aburi stated
“Since I am passionate about education in Ghana, access to quality education by poor and underprivileged children has always been my keen interest for many years as an educationist”, Nana Adobea stated.
She pledged her commitment to use the Aloma International School as a resource centre for other schools as well as “train other educationists and Academy that will need help in uplifting the standard of education on the Akuapem Ridge”.
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