A THREE-UNIT classroom block and two residential apartments for the Nkankama District Assembly Junior High School in the Fanteakwa District in the Eastern Region have been inaugurated and handed over to the community.
The classroom block comprises offices, a well-stocked library and computer laboratory attached while the residential bungalow will accommodate six teachers of the school.
The projects estimated to cost US$1,764,643 form part of 22 similar projects being implemented in the Fanteakwa and the Kwahu North (Afram Plains) Districts, aimed at enhancing teaching and learning in the beneficiary rural communities.
The Korean government financed the projects through the Korea International Co-operation Agency (KOICA) under its Integrated Quality Education Project while its execution was undertaken by the World Vision International.
The South Korean Ambassador to Ghana, Mr Hak Sang Lee, performed the inaugural ceremony at Nkankama.
He said since the development of the human capital of every nation was critical to its socio-economic progress, the Korean government was committed to support Ghana to harness its human and natural resources.
“Since education is the key to improve the human capital of Ghana, the Korean government is determined to extend support to Ghana to enable it to achieve the universal primary education by 2015”, Mr Lee stated.
He noted that the Republic of Korea had the same GDP as Ghana in the 1960s, but today his country was far ahead in its development strive due to “a well educated human resource who have and are contributing meaningfully to its development.”
“Ghana could also achieve the same high GDP through hard work and commitment to provide accessible quality education to the people,” Mr Lee stated.
The Eastern Regional Minister, Mr Samuel Ofosu Ampofo said since education helped to prepare the minds of the people to facilitate social integration and economic development, the government would continue to commit resources to make education more accessible.
He commended the Korean government for its commitment to support various educational projects in rural communities, which would help raise the standard of education in the beneficiary communities.
Mr Ofosu Ampofo appealed to the beneficiary communities to own the projects and preserve them so that they would serve the purpose for which they were constructed.
The Chief of Begoro, Daasebre Awuah Kotoko, expressed the gratitude to the people, the Korean government and the World Vision International for their support towards the uplift the standard of education in the area.
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