PTA DONATES GENERATOR TO TEMASCO (PAGE 17, DEC 4)

THE Parent Teacher Association of Tema Secondary School has donated a 50 KVA generator set worth GH¢11,500 to the school and renovated a one storey headmistress bungalow at the cost of GH¢ 36,777.23 to help improve security and enhance academic work.
The PTA Chairman, Mr David Bansa handed the projects over to the chairman of the board of directors of the school, Major (rtd) Kwabena Tandoh.
He said the PTA saw the need to provide the school with the generator because students had to stay in the dark whenever lights went off for their studies and other activities.
He noted that the situation had affected studies and created insecurity since outsiders could take undue advantage of the darkness to enter the compound.
Mr Bansa said the PTA also had plans to immediately provide the school with an Information and Communications Center (ICT) to update students on the subject which is a core subject in the school's curriculum.
He said contract for the project was to be signed for work to start on the installation of the systems.
The Board Chairman of the School, Major Kwabena Tandoh (rtd.) commended the PTA for aiding the students to enhance learning and teaching .
He said such gestures went a long way to support the eforts of the government and the school management boards.
Major Tandoh expressed the board and teachers’ gratitude to the PTA and gave the assurance that the bungalow and the generator would be properly maintained.
The headmistress of the School, Mrs Elizabeth Ama Asare, said the effort of the PTA was a good initiative that must be encouraged.
She drew attention to the current condition of an uncompleted two-storey girls dormitory block. Work on the project has reached roofing level but it has been abandoned since 2005.
Mrs Asare said the project, which was started by the Ghana Education TRust Fund (GETFund), could house more than 400 girls.
She noted that boarding facilities at the school were limited and that if steps were not taken to provide additional structures, the school might not be able to admit female boarding students for the next academic year.
For this academic year, she said the school could only admit 200 girls for boarding .
She said the Achitectural and Engineering Services Limited (AESL) was the consultant while the contractor was Elfabot Construction, which was occassionally sighted visiting the project site but did not do any work.
Mrs Asare appealed to the government, the sector Ministry and the GETFUND to ensure quick completion of the school’s projects to alleviate the burden on the school authorities.