Japanese grant for two schools in two regions (Back Page)

Two schools — one at Suntreso in the Amansie West District in the Ashanti Region and the other at Mepe in the North Tongu District in the Volta Region — have become beneficiaries of a grant from the Japanese government for the construction of a six-classroom block and a science laboratory.
While the Suntreso Primary School will receive $95,028 for the construction of a six-classroom block and a place of convenience, the St Kizito Senior High School at Mepe will benefit from $94,818 for the construction of a science laboratory.
The science laboratory, when completed, will also cater for the needs of students at the Battor Senior High School and the Aveyime Senior High School, both in the North Tongu District in the Volta Region.
The grant for the project was made possible under the Japanese Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Project (GHSP) scheme initiated by the Japanese Government.
A contract to give effect to the grant was signed between the Japanese Embassy in Ghana and Suntreso Primary School and St Kizito Senior High School in Accra yesterday.
The Japanese Ambassador to Ghana, Mr Keiichi Katakami, signed for the Japanese government while the District Director of Education for Amansie West, Mr Samuel Kena, and Headmaster of St Kizito Technical School , Mr Emmanuel Kwame Vortuame, initialled for Suntreso Primary School and St Kizito Technical School respectively.
At the signing ceremony, the Japanese Ambassador to Ghana, Mr Keiichi Katakami, said the Government of Japan had made basic education projects one of its priorities.
He explained that the Suntreso Primary School block was constructed more that 60 years ago out of mud and the community lacked the resources to build a new one by themselves hence the embassy’s decision to help.
Touching on the science laboratory project to be constructed at the St Kizito Technical School, Mr Katakami said a total of 799 science students were expected to benefit directly once the project was completed.
For his part, the District Director of Education for Amansie West, Mr Kena, promised to ensure that the project, which was slated for the end of September, this year, was completed on schedule.
He, however, pledged not to sacrifice quality but to ensure that good work was done.
In his remarks, the Headmaster of St Kizito Technical School, Mr Vortuame, pointed out that when the authorities of the school recognised the need for a science laboratory they approached the embassy for assistance, which was offered.
He took the opportunity to thank the embassy on behalf of the students and teachers of the school, adding that the community would forever be grateful to the Japanese government.