Twenty-two
Basic
Schools
in
underserved
communities
within
the
Sekondi
Constituency
have
received
50,000
free
exercise
books
from
the
NDC
Parliamentary
Candidate,
Blay
Armah
Nyameke.
Speaking
to
Channel
One
TV
News
at
one
of
the
presentations
at
Nkontompo
Ekow
Nketsia
Basic
School
which
benefited
from
3,150
of
the
free
exercise
books,
Mr
Blay
said
the
rationale
for
the
support
which
also
includes
30,000
pens
and
15,000
pencils
is
to
support
the
education
of
students
from
such
underprivileged
communities
in
Sekondi
and
10,000
students
are
expected
to
benefit.
Blay
Armah
Nyameke-NDC
PC,
Sekondi
“I
grew
up
in
Sekondi
and
fortunately
and
unfortunately,
I
went
to
a
private
school
and
I
started
my
education
in
the
primary
government
sector.
But
after
coming
back,
when
I
look
around
all
the
schools
in
sec,
the
buildings
are
dilapidated,
some
of
them
have
fallen
off,
the
walls
have
fallen
off.
I
feel
that
those
amenities
do
not
give
a
better
incentive
to
the
children
to
come
to
school
and
learn
and
learn
well.
“Secondly,
our
parents,
you
know,
the
hardship
in
Ghana
is
so
much,
especially
in
secondary,
where
the
only
business
in
secondary
is
about
selling,
buying
and
fishing.
With
my
little
experience,
at
the
beginning
of
every
year,
parents
struggle
to
buy
books,
pens
and
pencils.
So
I
have
decided
as
a
matter
of
policy
in
collaboration
with
my
NDC
colleagues,
that
we
are
going
to
support
the
parents
with
their
books.
At
the
moment,
we
are
providing
50,000
exercise
books,
30,000
pens
and
15,000
pencils,”
he
explained.
The
Sekondi
NDC
Parliamentary
Candidate
while
hinting
at
plans
to
expand
the
support
the
next
academic
year
also
expressed
expectations
of
the
positive
impact
on
education
in
Sekondi.
“Next
academic
year,
we
are
increasing
it
to
100,000.
We
are
hoping
that
within
the
next
two
to
three
years,
no
child
in
Sekondi
will
buy
books
or
pens
and
pencils
for
school.
We
are
going
to
relieve
all
the
parents
from
buying
exercise
books
and
pencils.
“The
number
of
students
within
the
constituency
attending
the
government
schools,
basic
schools,
is
10,000.
So
that
is
why
we
started
with
50,000
so
that
each
kid
is
going
to
get
five
exercise
books
each
and
then
four
pens
each
and
those
writing
with
pencils
are
going
to
get
three
pencils
each,”
he
assured
George
Eshun,
Headteacher
of
Nkontompo
Ekow
Nketsia
Basic
School,
one
of
the
beneficiary
schools
told
Channel
One
TV
News
the
donation
is
timely
since
most
students
come
to
school
without
exercise
books,
affecting
academic
work.
“The
books
have
come
at
the
right
time,
and
I’m
very
sure
that
it’s
going
to
be
of
great
help
to
the
students
because
books
have
been
one
of
the
challenges
that
the
children
have
been
facing.
On
the
part
of
the
parents,
they
can’t
buy.
it’s
going
to
help
the
children
to
at
least
do
a
lot
of
exercises,
that’s
going
to
help
them
to
move
forward
to
the
next
class.
“It
was
a
problem,
because
you
attend
to
a
pupil
or
a
student,
and
he’s
using
one
exercise
book
for
more
than
one
subject,
which
is
not
allowed
in
our
educational
system.
It’s
going
to
serve
them
a
great
purpose,
of
which
it
will
help
them
to
improve
their
academic
standard
of
the
school,”
he
thanked.
The
Headteacher
while
also
raising
concerns
with
the
limited
classroom
chairs
and
textbooks
called
on
the
government
to
quickly
come
to
their
rescue.
Besides
Nkotompo
Kow
Nketsia
Basic
School,
other
schools
benefiting
the
50,000
free
exercise
books,
30,000
pens
and
15,000
pencils
include
Kweikuma
Getthsemane
M/A
Basic
School,
Kweikuma
STMA
Basic
School,
Nana
Anaisie
M/A
Basic
School
Adiembra,
Nana
Kobina
Gyan
Basic
School
Adiembra,
St.
Ann’s
JHS
Other
schools
include
Aggrey
Memorial
Basic
School,
Ekuasi
Methodist
Basic
School,
Anglican
Complex
School,
Well
Road
Basic
School,
Boundary
Road
Methodist
School,
Boundary
Road
STMA,
Wesley
JHS,
Rev.
Griffeon
Memorial,
Catholic
Basic
School,
AME
Zion
Basic
School,
Salvation
Army/Gyandu,
St.
Peter’s
Basic
School,
St.
Peter’s
Anglican
Primary,
and
St.
Peter’s
Anglican
JHS.
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