WORK PROGRESSES ON DORMITORY BLOCK (PAGE 11, JAN 12)

Work is progressing steadily on the three-storey girls’ dormitory block of Jachie-Pramso Senior High School.
The project, which is estimated at GH¢850,000.00, started early on October 2008, and in less than three months, it had developed to the second floor.
Expectations are that the project would be completed by the end of March this year, especially if the requisite funds are made available to the contractor who is pre-financing the project.
When completed, it will accommodate about 900 females in the school to reduce congestion faced by the female students.
The early completion of the project would enhance admission of females into the school, which is regarded as the premier second-cycle institution in the Bosomtwe District in the Ashanti Region.
The other secondary school in the district is located at Beposo, which is about 35 kilometres away.
Construction works for a three-storey building estimated at GH¢650,000.00 to accommodate a section of the teaching staff in the school is also underway.
Attachy Construction Limited is undertaking the two projects, which are being funded by the Ghana Education Service (GES) and the GETFund Administration.
The problem of female accommodation at Jachie-Pramso Senior High School received attention last year when the female students made a passionate appeal through the Daily Graphic to the GES and the GETFund Administration to come to their aid.
Congestion at the dormitory also affected admission of female students to the school, which undermined girl-child education.
Making the appeal when they interacted with the Daily Graphic last year, the female students expressed concern about the deplorable conditions of their dormitory, which, they said, leaked anytime it rained.
Apart from the leakage, which always destroyed their books, clothing and personal items, there was also the problem of broken louvre blades, which created avenues for swarms of mosquitoes to attack them, creating health problems that undermined their academic programmes.
The publication made by the Daily Graphic on the plight of the female students in the school received prompt attention, leading to the three-storey female dormitory project being underlaken by Attachy Construction Limited.
In an interview, the Managing Director of Attachy Construction, Mr Kwame Atta Acheampong, told the Daily Graphic that he was committed to the early completion of the project to create a conducive atmosphere that would enhance academic work for the female students.
He gave the assurance that while the dormitory to house the females would be completed by March this year, the three-storey teachers’ accommodation, estimated at GH¢650,000.00 which is now at the foundation stage, would be completed by the end of June this year, provided the needed funds were secured.