The Chairman of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Education, Mr Peter Nortsu-Kotoe, has instructed the District Chief Executive (DCE) of Ho West, Mr. Francis Dussey Profer, to collaborate with the management of Abutia Senior High Technical School to ensure all documentation concerning the school’s land boundaries is secured and properly recorded.As part of this initiative, Nortsu-Kotoe also urged the school authorities to reactivate the Parent Teacher Association (PTA), emphasizing its vital role in strengthening relationships between teachers and parents.“You are a major stakeholder and a native of this community. Ninety days will be enough for you to put in place the PTA together with the school authorities and get the school boundary demarcated and documented,” he stated.
These directives were issued during a working visit by the Committee to selected schools in the Volta Region, as part of their national oversight responsibilities. Nortsu-Kotoe highlighted that active PTAs play an indispensable role in providing key infrastructure and amenities such as boreholes, staff bungalows, dormitories, and teacher incentives.Rev. Samuel Pius Elewoker, Headmaster of Abutia SHTS, informed the Committee that the school’s PTA has been inactive for some time. He further disclosed that a dining hall project initiated in 2005 has stalled, leaving a gap in student welfare infrastructure.
During the visit, Hon. Dominic Napare, MP for Sene West, addressed the students, encouraging them to remain focused on their academic work and adhere to school regulations.The Committee also visited Adaklu Senior High School, where the Headmaster, Mr. Seth Korku Amewor, reported successful implementation of the new educational curriculum for first-year students. He announced the school’s receipt of 319 government-supplied tablets and two projectors, which are expected to significantly enhance teaching and learning.Despite these developments, Adaklu SHS is battling serious infrastructure deficits, including the absence of buses, staff accommodation, ICT laboratories, dining halls, toilet facilities, and perimeter fencing. Mr. Amewor also expressed concern about Fulani herdsmen destroying school farms, which threatens the institution’s agricultural programs and food self-sufficiency.
In response, mr Fred Asamoah, MP for Offinso North, admonished students to steer clear of vices such as indiscipline, drugs, stealing, and hooliganism. “Stick to your books and don’t involve yourselves in any social vices… Three years will soon come, so make good use of your time here,” he advised.The Committee assured the management of both schools that they would work collaboratively with the District Assembly and Kwame Agbodza, MP for the Constituency and Minister for Roads and Highways, to address pressing issues, particularly the encroachment by Fulani herdsmen.
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