NEW SCHOOL BLOCK INAUGURATED AT KPETOE (PAGE 20, FEB 10, 2010)

A GH¢134,432.00 modern school block has been inaugurated for the St Stephen’s Roman Catholic Primary School at Kpetoe in the Volta Region.
The building comprises six classrooms, offices, stores, a computer laboratory, a library and assembly hall.
It also has an adjoining six-seater water closet toilet, urinals for boys and girls and a six-shower bathroom for boys and girls.
The project was funded by the Diocese Assistance Corporation, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) based in California, USA, in collaboration with the Ho-Catholic Diocese Development Office.
The dedication rites were performed by the Right Rev. Francis Anani Lodonu, the Bishop of the Ho Diocese, who also cut the tape to inaugurate the project.
In his inaugural address, the District Chief Executive (DCE) for Adaklau-Anyigbe, Mr Michael Kobla Adzaho, expressed gratitude to the Catholic Church for its commitment to the development of education in the country.
He expressed the hope that the school authorities and pupils would take very good care of the building to ensure its long lifespan.
Mr Adzaho said the assembly had purchased three digital cameras for the Ghana Education Service (GES) to relieve the burden on parents by paying photograph fees for Basic Education Certificate Examinations registration for students. “During the just ended registration of the final-year students, the photographs were provided freely,” he said.
Mr Adzaho gave the assurance that the assembly would always co-operate with the Ho Diocese to improve the lot of humanity.
The outgoing Minister of Tourism and Member of Parliament (MP) for Ho East, Mrs Juliana Mensah, donated 10 computers and accessories to the school.
She added that she would take care of other facilities, as well as teaching and learning materials, in due course.
Mrs Mensah, who is also an old student of the school, promised to use part of her share of the MPs’ common fund to renovate the kindergarten for the St Stephen’s Roman Catholic Primary School.
She urged parents to invest their resources in the education of their children to ensure a bright future for them.
A retired educationist and son of the area, Mr Albert Agbovi, also donated a computer and accessories to the school.
Mr Agbovi, who is also the national instructor of the Referees Association of Ghana (RAG), commended the school authorities and the students for their exemplary behaviour in spite of the challenges faced by the school.
Rt. Rev. Lodonu called on the affluent in society to offer assistance to their communities.