Accra, Aug. 23, GNA - Mr Francis Aggrey Agbotse, Member of Parliament (MP) for Ho West, says he would put 450 children in the Constituency in the classroom.

He said the children were out of school in the Dzrowode, Forsime and Wukpo communities because the Ministry of Education and Science was of the opinion that the communities were in a game reserve and they would not provide a school in such a place.

Mr Agbotse said the Ministry would only provide teachers if the children were in the classroom, adding that inaccessibility to the communities also made it difficult to send teachers and education materials.

Mr Agbotse, who had earlier asked questions in Parliament on the plight of the children, was speaking to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) on education development projects in the Ho West Constituency. He said education was at the top of his development agenda and added that he was working on the development of structures in the three communities as a starter for the Ministry to make good its promise of providing teachers once the classrooms were available.

With funding from the MP's share of District Assemblies' Coomon Fund; Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) and Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Fund, Mr Agbotse said six new primary schools would be built in the Constituency at the Kpoeta-Ashanti Roman Catholic School; Sebekope-Abutia Primary School; Kpedze EP Primary School; Saviefe Gbedome; Avenuie Camp and Dzanyodeke Abutia.

Mr Agbotse said a vocational school would be built at Dzolokpuita to train junior secondary school graduates in computer skills; tie and dye making; weaving and tailoring. He said he would soon get some non-governmental organisations to add carpentry and joinery to the courses.

Work has also started on boys and girls dormitory at the Kpedze Secondary School.

Mr Agbotse expressed the hope that the 2007 Budget would capture the completion of the boys' dormitory costing 100 million cedis and two semi-detached houses for teachers at the Kpedze Secondary School, which were near completion. 23 Aug. 06