MP for Effutu donates Laptop computers to teachers in the area

By J. K.
Nabary, GNA

Winneba (C/R) Oct. 16, GNA – Madam Akosua
Frema Osei-Opare, Chief of Staff has asked teachers to be champions of the free
SHS scheme to ensue total attainments of its objectives.

She said, championing such a course would make
them produce good citizens and go a long way to bring-up the much needed all
round people capable of building a better Nation.

The Chief of Staff was speaking at a
presentation ceremony at which the Member of Parliament for Effutu Mr.
Alexzander Afenyo-Markin donated a number of Computers to 100 teachers
operating within the Effutuman as his contribution towards promotion of
education in the area.

Madam Osei-Opare said President Nana Addo
Dankwa Akufo-Addo was using the free education system to invest in the children
and called on teachers to put aside partisan sentiments to enable them make
meaningful contributions towards its overall success.

She described teachers as valuable and
indispensable tools for building a society, urging them to give off their utmost
best so that children in their care would attain quality education to forge
ahead.

According to her  “We are in a digital age which demands
strictly for learners to be handled by well drilled professionals, teachers,
hence the need for acquisition of such vital equipment, which will make them
become abreast with Global issues at all times in their activities, stressing
that the officer should not be taken as a souvenir. “

She expressed the hope that beneficiaries of
the equipment would take good care of it, in order to prolong their life span
so as to derive maximum benefit.

Madam Osei-Opare commended the MP for taking
such far-reaching decisions that would help to promote education of the
children in his area of operations.

In his address Mr. Afenyo-Markin said the
donation was to inspire and to encourage teachers in his constituency to work
harder than before for school going children in the municipality to make
positive impact in the BECE to enable them to enjoy the fruit of the Free SHS.

Earlier, the MP presented 100 of such
computers to the first batch of teachers listed for the offer at the Ebenezer
Methodist Church in Winneba, where he formally launched a project dubbed “One
Teacher, One Laptop” project.

In all, the programme is aimed at covering a total
of 620 teachers in Effutu Municipality.

Mr Afenyo-Markin contributed GH¢5,000.00 to
the Effutu Municipal Directorate of the Ghana Education Service as seed money
to support a scholarship scheme for teachers in the area.

Mr Alex Bonney former Trade Union Congress
(TUC) chairman who presided over the function also described education as an
indispensable tool for Nation Building and appealed to people of Effutuman and
Ghanaians at large to embrace the free SHS.

He commended the MP and the Chief of Staff for
their interaction and donation.

GNA

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