{"id":367767,"date":"2017-11-02T17:19:30","date_gmt":"2017-11-02T17:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=367767"},"modified":"2017-11-02T17:19:30","modified_gmt":"2017-11-02T17:19:30","slug":"la-presec-desk-problem-solved-after-citi-fm-reports-audio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=367767","title":{"rendered":"La PRESEC desk problem solved after Citi FM reports [Audio]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following series of reports by <strong>Citi News<\/strong> 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.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Citi News<\/strong> earlier reported that, students were sitting on <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/10\/16\/free-shs-la-presby-students-study-on-cement-blocks\/\">cement blocks<\/a><\/strong><\/span> due to the lack of furniture, following the increase in the number of students under the government&#8217;s Free Senior High School programme.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_367784\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-367784\" style=\"width: 801px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/chairs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-367784\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/chairs.jpg\" alt=\"Chief Executive Officer of McDan Shipping Dr Daniel Mckorley \" width=\"801\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-367784\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Chief Executive Officer of McDan Shipping Dr. Daniel Mckorley<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>First to donate <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/10\/24\/no-more-cement-blocks-la-presby-students-finally-get-desks\/\">one hundred desks <\/a><\/strong><\/span>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.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/chairs-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-367782\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/chairs-1.jpg\" alt=\"chairs-1\" width=\"801\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Municipal Chief Executive of the La Dade Kotopon Municipal Assembly,\u00a0Gladys Mann Dedy also presented three hundred desks to the school on behalf of the Assembly.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_367788\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-367788\" style=\"width: 801px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ladma.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-367788\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ladma.jpg\" alt=\"La Dade Kotopon Municipal Chief Executive, Gladys Mann Dedy, presenting the chairs to the school.\" width=\"801\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-367788\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>La Dade Kotopon Municipal Chief Executive, Gladys Mann Dedy, presenting the chairs to the school.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Finally, the Ghana Education Service (GES) presented one hundred desks as part of their contribution to resolving the desks deficit in the school.<\/p>\n<p>This brings to a total of five hundred desks donated to the school within a space of two weeks, after <strong>Citi News&#8217;<\/strong> expos\u00e9\u00a0on the desks situation at the school.<\/p>\n<p>The immediate past headmaster of the school, Mr. Samuel Salamat in an earlier interview with <strong>Citi<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>News<\/strong>,<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>said the school needed about five hundred desks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen 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.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0students 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<\/p>\n<p>The assistant boy&#8217;s perfect, Theophelos Annan, also expressed appreciation to both government and McDan Shipping for their assistance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Listen to the full report below:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/350129461&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Anass S. 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