THE Asuogyaman District Assembly in the Eastern Region has started distributing free exercise books and school uniforms to pupils in first cycle educational institutions in the area.
The exercise, according to the District Chief Executive (DCE) Mr Johnson Ehiakpor, was in line with the government’s initiative to ensure that children of poor parentage were educated like those of the rich.
He said in all 13 million exercise books and 2,000 school uniforms would be given out to pupils in the district, adding that those in primary three would receive nine exercise books each while those from primary four and six and the junior high schools (JHS) would have 13 each with the JHS pupils getting drawing and graft papers in addition.
Mr Ehiakpor, who personally conducted the exercise, gave out 100,012 exercise books and unspecified number of school uniforms to pupils in four educational circuits in the district, namely Gyakiti, Akosombo, Anum/Boso, Frankadua/Asikuma, Apeguso and Senchi.
Some of the beneficiary schools were Gyakiti Presbyterian Primary, Tortibo Local authority (L/A) Primary and JHS, Dodi-Asantekrom Presbyterian Primary and JHS, Frankadua L/A Primary and JHS, Mpakadan Presbyterian and JHS and Adome L/A Primary.
The Queen of Akwamu, Nana Afrakuma II, who together with some of the queens in the area witnessed the distribution of the items, praised the government for the initiative and called on parents to take advantage of the scheme to enrol their children in school.
That, she said, would help develop the area.
A number of parents who also witnessed the distribution of the items, said the donation had come at the right time since most of them could not provide their children with the uniform.
The parents who were thankful to the government for providing their children with the items, expressed the hope that the gesture would be sustained so that their children and wards would be able to go to school.
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