Ashaiman: Public schools in the Ashaiman Municipality have received 1,200 furniture sets from the Government to help address classroom furniture deficits and improve teaching and learning conditions. Mr Ernest Norgbey, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashaiman, who presented the furniture, said the intervention formed part of the Government's commitment to improving educational infrastructure and creating a conducive learning environment for pupils across the country.
According to Ghana News Agency, Mr Norgbey highlighted that inadequate furniture remained one of the challenges confronting schools in many districts, affecting the quality of teaching and learning. He stressed the importance of fulfilling promises made to the people of Ghana, particularly benefiting the people of Ashaiman.
Mr Norgbey urged school authorities and pupils to take proper care of the furniture to ensure its longevity, enabling more schools to benefit from similar interventions in the future. Receiving the furniture on behalf of beneficiary schools, Mr Freeman Tsekpo, the Ashaiman Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), expressed appreciation to the MP for facilitating the intervention.
Mr Tsekpo mentioned that the furniture would be distributed to schools facing acute shortages, with priority given to classrooms where pupils currently lack adequate seating arrangements. He noted that the intervention would support efforts to phase out the shift system in some schools within the municipality, particularly at Presbyterian Basic School, where pupils currently attend classes in shifts due to infrastructure and furniture constraints.
Mr Tsekpo disclosed that the Assembly was also promoting the use of more durable metal-and-wood furniture to reduce replacement costs and ensure value for money. He further revealed that the Assembly is constructing a 12-unit classroom block as part of broader efforts to expand educational infrastructure and eliminate the shift system in the municipality. Mr Tsekpo expressed optimism that the combined interventions would improve access to quality education and provide a more conducive environment for learning.