RURAL BANK DONATES TO SHS (PAGE 21, MARCH 17, 2010)

THE Management of Komfo Anokye Rural Bank at Wiamoase has donated 100 bags of cement to the Komfo Anokye Senior High School (SHS) at Wiamoase in the Ashanti Region to facilitate the construction of male and female dormitories in the school.
The construction of the dormitories is to enable the school to accommodate the students who would be admitted next academic year.
Briefing the media on the donation, the Secretary to the Board of Directors of the bank, Mr Ebenezer Nartey, said the gesture was a response to an appeal by the parent-teacher association (PTA) of the school for assistance in the construction of the dormitories.
He stated that the bank had already constructed a bridge for the school to facilitate the transportation of goods and services.
Mr Nartey added that the bank had initiated a scholarship scheme for needy, brilliant students in the communities in its catchment area.
He gave the assurance that the bank would not relent in its efforts to support individuals, institutions and organisations that initiated projects that would impact positively on the lives of the people in the community.
The Headmaster of Wiamoase SHS, Mr Kofi Anokye Manu, who received the items on behalf of the school, was grateful to the management of Komfo Anokye Rural Bank for its humanitarian gesture.
He said the cement would complement the initiative of the PTA which is determined to provide the needed infrastructure to enhance teaching and learning in the school.
Mr Manu said the PTA had started constructing a wall to prevent intruders who entered the dormitories to steal students’ belongings when classes were in session, from doing so.
He added that the one mile square wall, which had almost been completed, would also prevent students from using unapproved routes to enter or leave the school.
Mr Manu said the PTA had made a passionate appeal to other corporate bodies to support it with cement to facilitate the completion of the wall and other structures initiated to facilitate academic work.
He said with the support of the PTA and other corporate bodies, his administration would be able to focus on its core business of producing students capable of developing their potential in a more effective and efficient way.