TEMA LIONS CLUB SUPORTS DEAF SCHOOL (PAGE 11, JAN 13

THE State School for the Deaf at Adjei Kojo is unable to currently cope with the demand by parents to get their children who have hearing problem to be enorolled there.
This is because the number of applications are far more than what the school can accommodate.
Currently the school has a student population of 286 all of whom are day students while about 300 are on the waiting list.
This was disclosed by the headmaster of the institution, Mr Michael Cudjoe, when the Lions Club of Tema had a day’s interaction with the students and also presented items worth over GH¢1,500 to them as part of activities marking the Club’s Christmas celebrations.
According to Mr Cudjoe, though parents had expressed interest in enrolling their children at the institute, the school authorities found it difficult to accept them because of lack of space.
The school has two uncompleted buildings which were aimed at providing room for more students but lack of funds has delayed the project.
Mr Cudjoe appealed to the government and public-spirited people to assist the school to provide the children with proper care to help them contribute to society.
He said the students were taken through formal education by teachers with special training and also provided food by the school.
Mr Cudjoe noted that most of them were intelligent and were graded accordingly at the end of their Junior High School examination, adding that some had made it to the tertiary level.
He thanked the Lions Club of Tema for their gesture and extended the appreciation to other groups which had earlier demonstrated similar love and concern.
The President of the Tema Lions Club, Mr Henry Boakye, commended the school authorities for the good work it was doing and said the students needed such support to enable them to play their roles as future leaders of the nation.
He said the Club deemed it a privilege to interact with the hearing impaired children of the school.
On behalf of the Club, Mr Boakye pledged to continue to support the school with monthly eye-screening exercises among others. Items presented included biscuits, soya chunks, chocolates, toffees and a variety of fruit drinks.