Zorkor Senior High School wants speedy completion of classroom and hostel projects

Story: Benjamin Xornam Glover, Bongo The problem of inadequate classroom infrastructure at the Zorkor Senior High School in the Bongo District of the Upper East Region if not address in time may greatly affect fresh admissions in September this year. Speaking to the Daily Graphic during a visit to the school, The Headmaster of the School, Mr. Baba J. Salifu, renewed an appeal to contractors working on various infrastructure projects to speed up work to facilitate academic work. Zorkor Senior High School was established in 2009. Initially, the school commenced work from the Zorkor Social Centre from where it provided opportunity for some 177 Junior High School graduates, who did not get computer placement After operating for some time, the school moved to a six-unit classroom block originally designed for a Junior High School. Later the Bongo District Assembly handed over a three-unit classroom block at a permanent site for the school to augment teaching and learning. During a visit to the school, work was ongoing on an 18-unit classroom block. Speaking to the Daily Graphic, the headmaster, Mr. Baba J. Salifu appealed to the contractor working on the project to speed up work to ensure better position the school to admit new student come the next academic year. “We are praying and hoping that at least the ground floor is completed early for the September admission otherwise we will find ourselves in a tight corner”, he said. He said two other projects, a hostel for boys and girls has also been awarded but the contractors are yet to move to site. He therefore appealed to them to quickly move to site to begin work since the school was in dire need of those projects. Mr. Salifu commended the government, through the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) and expressed the hope that the contractors will up their efforts in order to complete the projects on time for the student to use. Responding, the MP for Bongo, Mr. Albert Abongo said education was the key role to national development and said government would therefore, not relent in its efforts at providing the necessary infrastructure for the school. “We were here recently with the Vice President, who promised the ongoing projects and I am hopeful that the next step will be to provide the school with an administration block and I can assure you that we will work towards that”, he said. -End- July 20, 2012