Following series of reports by Citi News on the dire need for desks by first-year students of the La Presbyterian Senior High School, government and private entities have moved in address the problem.
Citi News earlier reported that, students were sitting on cement blocks due to the lack of furniture, following the increase in the number of students under the government’s Free Senior High School programme.
First to donate one hundred desks to the school was the Chief Executive Officer of McDan Shipping Dr. Daniel Mckorley, who promised to donate more after assessing the situation at the school.
The Municipal Chief Executive of the La Dade Kotopon Municipal Assembly, Gladys Mann Dedy also presented three hundred desks to the school on behalf of the Assembly.
Finally, the Ghana Education Service (GES) presented one hundred desks as part of their contribution to resolving the desks deficit in the school.
This brings to a total of five hundred desks donated to the school within a space of two weeks, after Citi News’ exposé on the desks situation at the school.
The immediate past headmaster of the school, Mr. Samuel Salamat in an earlier interview with Citi News, said the school needed about five hundred desks.
“When we conducted the furniture audit, we had only ninety-four set of furniture, as against six-hundred and seven first-year students that were posted to the school.
The students and members of the staff of the La Presby Senior High School expressed their gratitude to government for listening to their plea and coming to their aid
The assistant boy’s perfect, Theophelos Annan, also expressed appreciation to both government and McDan Shipping for their assistance.
Listen to the full report below:
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By: Anass S. Seidu/citifmonline.com/Ghana