Donkorkrom (Eastern Region) 28 May ?99

The Afram Plains district in the Eastern Region has only 218 trained teachers instead of the minimum 864 required to man the 147 primary schools.

Similarly, 46 junior secondary schools (JSS) in the area are being handled by 216 teachers.

Inadequate number of teachers and poor road network which compels parents to rely on the their children to sell their farm produce on market days are other problems hindering the development of education in the district.

Lt-Col. Lord Safo, District Chief Executive (DCE), announced this when he took his turn at the Meet-The-Press series organised by the Eastern regional branch of the Ghana Journalists Association at Donkorkrom yesterday.

He conceded that the district is still far from attaining qualitative education compared to other districts, but gave the assurance that the assembly is committed to improving the situation through the institution of scholarships for brilliant but needy senior secondary school (SSS) students, the construction of school blocks and collaborating with non-governmental organisations in the field.