The Member of Parliament (MP) for Bosomtwe, Mr Simon Osei Mensah, is supporting the development of educational infrastructure at the Jachie-Pramso Senior High School (Mighty JAPASS) with the construction of a computer laboratory for the school.
Construction work for the project, estimated at GH¢30,000, is expected to begin early next year.
Already, the MP has contracted architects to come out with drawings and designs that would meet the specifications of the computer laboratory, expected to accommodate 50 students at a time.
Mr Osei- Mensah, who announced this during the 40th anniversary celebration of JAPASS, pointed out that with the computer laboratory, students would have the opportunity of being introduced into the basics of computer literacy, which he said had now become the major component of securing job opportunities.
He pointed out that his desire to construct the computer laboratory for the school was born by the fact that without computer literacy, students from the school would be handicapped when sourcing job opportunities.
“ Computer literacy has now become pre-requisite for employment, so this is my widow’s mite to help students of JAPASS become computer literate to enable them to be abreast of modern trends of communication” he explained.
Mr Osei-Mensah commended the Parents Teacher Association of JAPASS for their sense of commitment and initiatives, which he said had made it possible for them to initiate many development projects for the school.
He pointed out that with the pace at which the school was expanding, and the increasing number of students being admitted each academic year, there was the need to protect the land earmarked for the development of the school.
Mr Osei–Mensah, therefore, appealed to the chiefs of Jachie and Pramso to discourage the encroachment of any part of the school land, saying any thing contrary to the protection of the school lands would undermine the expansion of educational infrastructure in future .
He also urged the headmistress of the school to collaborate with the PTA and board of governors of the school to secure the needed documents covering all school land to prevent any form of encroachment.
Mr Osei Mensah paid glowing tribute to the executive members of the old students association for their sense of dynamism, making it possible for them to support the 40th anniversary celebration of the establishment of the school which also coincided with the speech and prize giving day celebrations.
He challenged old students of JAPASS residing in Accra and other parts of the country, to come together to form vibrant regional associations to enable them to support the development initiatives of the school.
This, he said, would adequately motivate the current students for them to focus on their academic programmes and develop their potentials more effectively.
He also appealed to the government to support the development initiative of the school by constructing a three-storey dormitory to address the accommodation problems facing male students in the school.
In his address, the Ashanti Regional Minister, Mr Kofi Opoku -Manu, commended the chiefs and people of Jachie and Pramso for their foresight, which he said made it possible for them to establish the school, now the centre of excellence of academic programmes in the Bosomtwe district.
“ The school can now boast of having produced highly placed people, including Professor Ken Agyemang Attefuah who is contributing immensely towards the development initiatives of the country” he noted, stressing “what is worth commending is the fact that the school is not as resourced and endowed as some of the schools in the region, but it has held on to its own principles and standards, and managed to make significant impact in the educational landscape of the country”.
Mr Opoku- Manu said he would donate 100 bags of cement to support the construction of ongoing projects of the school and urged the old boys “ to rally behind the school authorities to ensure that the upgrading of the school become a reality and meaningful”.
He assured that “the government would continue to support the school as a way of propelling it to an enviable height in future.
The District Chief Executive of Bosomtwe, Mr Nti Berko, assured that the assembly would start the construction of a three-unit classroom block immediately to enhance teaching and learning in the school.
He also assured that the assembly would donate 50 bags of cement to the school to support the construction of ongoing projects.
The Chairman of the Board of Governors of JAPASS, Nana Nsuase Poku Agyeman III, commended the headmistress of the school for collaborating with the teaching and non-teaching staff to instil high level of discipline among students , making it possible for them to focus on their academic programmes.
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