Community involvement in school’s growth is key – Education Director

Mr Dominic Yao Dzanado, the Anloga District Director of Education has urged the various communities in the area to foster development of schools to boost teaching and learning.That, he said, would alleviate the struggles and difficulties faced by some basic schools in the area, which needed various forms of support.Mr Dzanado made the appeal during the commissioning of a renovated seven-Unit classroom block championed by the Dzita Development Association, handed over to the Dzita D/A Basic School in the Volta Region.'This is a good example exhibited by this great Association, and l urge all communities and other benevolent groups to emulate the same to help alleviate the challenges many schools are facing,' he stated.He reminded all educational actors, including parents, that education was the backbone of every successful community, 'and should be prioritised in order to inculcate good knowledge into the younger generations for a brighter future.'Mr Dzonado commended the Association for the kind ge sture and appealed to other donor groups and individuals to support other schools in the area.Dr Esinu David Normanyo, the Assembly Member, who is also the Executive Secretary of the Dzita Development Association, in an interview with the Ghana News Agency, said the Association had contributed GH?292,000 for the renovation work.'This school is over 90 years old, which I also attended years back. We deem it necessary to give back to our Alma matter by renovating the dilapidated building and provide two modern toilet facilities to the school.'He expressed satisfaction about the exercise and appealed to other communities to emulate it.Mr Johnson Besah Dogbe, the headteacher of the school, told the GNA that the renovated building would serve a student population of 368 pupils, which comprised 191 boys and 177 girls from both primary and junior high levels.He revealed that the school, in the past, had to remain closed during rainy hours due to the bad nature of the building.Mr Dogbe called for further assistance to solve the remaining challenges, some of which were drinking water and inadequate teaching and learning materials.Some teachers and students the GNA engaged commended the donors for the kind gesture as they promised to use the facility for its intended purpose.Source: Ghana News Agency