Report on 200 community senior high schools completed

A special task force in charge of the government priority projects, has presented an elaborate report to President John Dramani Mahama.

Mr Felix Kwakye-Ofosu, a Deputy Minister for Information and Media Relations stated, who announced on Thursday, said the construction of 50 out of the estimated 200 community-day Senior High Schools would commence this year at various districts throughout the country.

Mr Kwakye-Ofosu, who was speaking at the daily media briefings at the Flagstaff House in Accra, said the beneficiary communities and the actual commencement date of the project would be announced later.

Early this year, President Mahama instituted a special task force in charge of government’s priority projects.

The task force among other issues was mandated to draw estimates and costs of various Senior High Schools, district and regional hospitals, polyclinics and tertiary educational institutions.

The presentation of the report would now pave way for the commencement of work of the Community-Day Senior High Schools, which aimed at decongesting the traditional schools and to create adequate opportunities for more students from the country’s Junior High Schools.

Mr Kwakye-Ofosu said the report entailed costing, recommended designs, first beneficiary districts and sample models made up of classroom blocks, headmasters’ bungalows, teachers’ quarters, dinning and entertainment halls.

Although he could not give the cost of each school, he indicated that it would not be very different from what had been captured in this year’s national budget and fiscal policy.

Under the Senior High School project, one school in each region would be provided with sports training facilities.

Source: GNA