News:
July 8, 2014
Government through the Ministry of Education has started making provisions in its budget to secure funding for fencing of public schools across the country.
According to the ministry, though fencing of schools is very expensive when compared with other important facilities such as classrooms, dormitories and Science labs which are competing using the same scarce resources, it has become necessary that it takes immediate steps to secure the lands as encroachments has reached alarming rate.
Numerous school lands especially those in the cities and urban centres are being “lost” to encroachers almost every year with the result that it has even become extremely difficult for government to carry out expansion of educational facilities, especially public basic schools in certain locations in the country.
The Deputy Minister of Education, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa made this known on the floor of Parliament on Tuesday while responding to a question posed by MP for Ahafo Ano South West MP, Hon. Johnson Kweku Adu on when the Mankranso SHS will be fenced.
He answered that the ministry is in the process of updating its data on the affected schools for implementation in phases.
Hon. Ablakwa however stated that the Mankranso Senior High School will be considered along with others when implementation begins.
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