Friday, 29 March

E/R: NPA inaugurates two classroom blocks

Education
Dr Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, CEO of NPA assisting to cut the tape for the classroom blocks

The National Petroleum Authority has inaugurated a three-unit and two-unit classroom blocks with ancillary facilities for two schools that were studying under shed roofs in the Eastern Region. 

The Authority fully funded the construction of the three-unit classroom block for the Asifaw Junior High School in the Okere District Assembly and a two-unit Kindergarten block for the Pakro Presby Basic School in Akuapim South Municipal Assembly.

The district Assemblies last year reached out to NPA to assist in the construction of the classroom blocks. The schools had been without a classroom block, thus, teaching and learning was done under a temporary bamboo structure which was in a deplorable state.

At a brief ceremony to hand over the school blocks to the District Education Directorates in both districts, the Chief Executive Officer of the NPA, Dr Mustapha Abdul-Hamid said the donation forms part of the Authority’s corporate social responsibilities of giving back to the society.

He stated the project would benefit the pupils in these schools as well as its surrounding communities. “It is our belief that this support will improve the fortunes of students from this community.”

Challenging staff and students of the school to take good care of the facility, he said with quality teaching and learning in these schools, he had no doubt the students would compete with their colleagues in other resourceful and upscale schools in the country.

For their part, the District Chief Executives in these areas, Mr Daniel Kenneth for Okere and Frank Aidoo for Akuapim hailed the NPA for the support rendered the schools, describing it as worthy partners of development.

They, therefore, called on the teachers of the school to soldier on their responsibilities of encouraging students to learn hard as they aspired to become future leaders.

Source: Classfmonline.com/cecil Mensah