A GH¢50,000 three-classroom block and an office for the Presbyterian Primary School, which was constructed within three months at Kwahu Praso Number Two in the Kwahu South District, has been handed over to the community.
The facility, which was funded by the District Development Fund, replaces a dilapidated structure put up about 40 years ago.
The construction of the facility became necessary because classes could not be conducted in the old building during the rainy season.
At the handover ceremony which coincided with the distribution of free exercise books to the pupils, the District Chief Executive (DCE), Mr Joseph Omari, said the assembly decided to put up the structure to enable the pupils attend classes during the rainy season.
According to him, the assembly had decided to renovate or construct classroom blocks in the district, especially, in the rural areas and expressed the hope that with other initiatives such as the Capitation Grant, free meals and exercise books, every child in the district would be able to attend school.
Mr Omari stated that feasibility studies were ongoing for the construction of a senior high school in the area, and urged parents to take advantage of the initiative to enrol their children in school.
With regard to the free exercise books, Mr Omari personally distributed some to the pupils and said so far, 30,000 exercise books had been given out to pupils in some parts of the district, adding that the whole district would be covered soon.
The Kwahu South District Director of Education, Mr Abraham Adjetey Sowah, who assisted the DCE to distribute the exercise books, was hopeful that parents and teachers would ensure the proper use of the books.
Both the Nifahene of Kwahu Praso, Nana Boama Twerefour, and the assembly member for the town, Mr George Asiamah, were grateful to the assembly, especially the DCE, for showing personal interest in the welfare of the pupils, especially, those from poor homes.
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