ASSEMBLY PROCURES 1,500 DESKS FOR SCHOOLS (PAGE 22, OCT 23, 2010)

THE Bawku Municipal Assembly has procured 1,500 dual desks to be distributed to some schools in the area. This is to address the acute shortage of furniture in schools in the municipality.
The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Bawku, Mr Abdulai Musah made this known to the Daily Graphic after visiting some primary schools in the municipality.
During the tour, it came to light that furniture in the primary schools was grossly inadequate. At least in two of the four schools visited, namely Zuabuliga and Tes-Natinga primary schools, pupils sat on the bare floor for their lessons.
Teachers who spoke to the Daily Graphic appealed to the assembly to provide their schools with furniture.
They also bemoaned the inadequate number of teachers and called on the authorities to post trained teachers to the schools.
The Zuabuliga Primary School has two trained teachers and three untrained teachers while the Tes-Natinga Primary School has only volunteer teachers.
Other schools the MCE visited were the Buabula Municipal Assembly (M/) Primary School and Aniisi Primary School.
Mr Abdulai stated that the problem of lack of furniture had persisted over the years and it was against that background that the current assembly was working hard to provide schools with classrooms and furniture to build a vibrant and enlightened human resource base.
He said through hard work, the assembly had abolished classes done under trees in the municipality, adding that the assembly, together with the Municipal Education Directorate, was working hard to get trained teachers to fill the classrooms.
In all the four schools visited, the MCE presented a total of 2,874 exercise books to be distributed to the pupils in Upper Primary while those in lower primary, especially the newly admitted ones and those in tattered clothes, were given a total of 97 school uniforms.
Mr Abdulai addressed the pupils and urged them to take their studies seriously.
He assured them that the government would do everything possible to create a better teaching and learning environment for them to study.