{"id":398917,"date":"2017-07-08T14:14:02","date_gmt":"2017-07-08T14:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/07\/08\/government-asked-to-consider-solar-as-alternative-power-for-schools\/"},"modified":"2017-07-08T14:14:02","modified_gmt":"2017-07-08T14:14:02","slug":"government-asked-to-consider-solar-as-alternative-power-for-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/07\/08\/government-asked-to-consider-solar-as-alternative-power-for-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Government asked to consider solar as alternative power for schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Saturday,  8 July 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-07-08<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/73902619.295.jpg\" alt=\"SolarGhana\" title=\"SolarGhana\" width=\"295\" height=\"220\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>High electricity bills draining the coffers of second-cycle schools<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=149916385127052\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149916385127052\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1499523241_603_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> High electricity bills and cost of fueling power generators are draining the coffers of second-cycle schools in the country.<\/p>\n<p>School authorities are forced to spend chunk of internally generated funds on providing alternative source of power in the event of incessant power-cuts.<\/p>\n<p>At St. Louis Senior High School in Kumasi for instance, authorities spend over 30,000 Ghana cedis monthly. The amount doubles in the event of power outages as authorities buy fuel to power the school\u2019s generator.<\/p>\n<p>Headmistress, Theresa Addai, tells Luv News the school spends over 40 per cent of its internally \u2013generated funds on electricity at the expense of teaching and learning materials.<\/p>\n<p>She says the problem is compounded by frequent power outages .<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the average the school pays over 30,000 cedis a month for electricity bills alone. The lights out situation affects teaching and learning and the day-to-day operation of the school.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe initial cost to install solar panel has been a problem so I plead government to come to our aid by installing solar panels for at least administration blocks of all senior high schools to enable us manages the school.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow our electricity bill will be reduced drastically because Dr. Kwarko has installed solar panel to power our administration block\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Miss Addai suggests government install solar panels for supply of power to administration blocks of second-cycles school in order to reduce consumption cost.<\/p>\n<p>The school is setting the pace in exploring solar power to provide electricity for its administration block.<\/p>\n<p>It follows installation of a 15,000 megawatt solar panel by a philanthropist, Dr. Ernest Kwarko.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Kwarko, specialist Obstetrics and Gynecologist at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital was touched by the plight of the school. He is challenging government to follow the footprints to relieve authorities of second-cycle schools from the burden of having had to sweat to ensure reliable power supply in schools.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe administration is the power house and it consumes more than 50 percent electricity of the entire school followed by the kitchen and then the classroom blocks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I have set this example by taking this administration block off the national grid in excess of 60,000 Ghana cedis even from a private pocket, I think government can do more through direct intervention by taking all administration blocks of second cycle schools off the grid and it will reduce their bill ensure constant supply of electricity so that at least they can print their papers and run the school.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 49 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Saturday, 8 July 2017 Source: Myjoyonline.com 2017-07-08 High electricity bills draining the coffers of second-cycle schools &#13; High electricity bills and cost of fueling power generators are draining the coffers of second-cycle schools in the country. 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