By Michael Kofi Kenetey
Residents and pupils of Abrewankor M/A Basic School in the Yilo Krobo Municipality of the Eastern Region have made a passionate appeal to the government, philanthropists, NGOs and benevolent organisations to help stock their empty computer lab with computers to enhance effective teaching and learning of ICT in the school.
This has become necessary because the computer laboratory, built for the school some years ago, is without a single computer.
They made the appeal during the 72nd Anniversary Celebration and Fundraising to support the school’s project. It was on the theme, “Pursuing Holistic Education, the Role of Stakeholders”.
The 72nd Anniversary Celebration and Fundraising of Abrewankor M/A Basic School brought together parents, traditional leaders, past and present students, staff, as well as well-wishers of the school, to raise funds to resource the empty computer lab.
Addressing the people, the Chief of Abrewankor, Nene Tetteh Addey, hinted that the school is confronted with numerous challenges of which he and the school authorities are trying their best to solve. He identified some challenges as the absence of a single computer in the computer laboratory, lack of accommodation for teachers, their KVIP facility that has become a death trap, and the absence of potable water in the school and the entire community.
He therefore called on the government, philanthropists, and benevolent organisations to come to the aid of the school and the community.
The Head teacher of Abrewankor M/A Basic School, Moses Okumador Korletey, revealed that though the school has been confronted with numerous challenges, they have seen some improvement in their academic performance over the past few years.
He added that the school has seen an improvement from 72 percent last year to 95 percent this year in the Basic Education Certificate Examination, with 80 percent of the candidates enrolling in second cycle institutions, with the remaining resorting to apprenticeships.
Mr. Korletey hinted that 21st-century education is full of technology with less paperwork; however, the school cannot boast of a single technological tool or piece of equipment, hence the need for the fundraising to resource the computer lab with computers to enhance ICT teaching and learning.
