News:
March 13, 2014
The Member of Parliament for Salaga North, Alhassan Mumuni has donated 4 motorbikes worth twelve thousand Ghana cedis (GHs12, 000) to teachers in the area to help alleviate transportation difficulties teachers go through in coming to school.
He has also pledged to provide a monthly fee of GHs200.00 each to the teachers monthly for fuelling the bikes.
The MP at a stakeholders meeting with players in the education sector to deliberate and find ways of enhancing academic performance of students noted that teacher absenteeism remains a major challenge that has to be tackled, adding that one important intervention will be to provide regular means of transport to convey them to school and back every day.
According to him, because the teachers leave far away from the school and with transportation difficulties in the area, they have to walk very long distances which usually contribute to absenteeism. He expressed worry at the poor performance of students in the district at the last Basic Education Certificate examination (BECE) and called for hard work from the teachers to improve performance.
Mr. Mumuni also urged parents to ensure their children attend school regular and not force them into child labour since the quest for money at tender age is what usually forces them to travel to the cities in the south in search of non-existing jobs.
Dominic Shirimori/Ghanamps.gov.gh