Kumasi, Nov. 29, GNA- The Parent Teacher Association

(PTA) of the Dadease Agric Senior High School (SHS) in the Sekyere

Afram Plains District of Ashanti Region has inaugurated a 40,000

Ghana Cedis infrastructure for the school on Friday. The projects included a six unit classroom block, dual

teachers' bungalow and an Information Communication Technology

(ICT) Centre. The School, popularly known as DASS, also took

advantage of the occasion to inaugurate its army cadet corps. Speaking at the ceremony, Mr. Joseph Kwabena Onyinah,

the Regional Director of Education, said, education is a social

enterprise which demands efforts and contributions from all

stakeholders, especially, parents and teachers, if it is to benefit the

whole society. He recalled that, communities had played vital roles in the

provision and development of educational infrastructure as well as

other facilities, saying, many schools were originally initiated by

communities but later absorbed into the public system. Mr. Onyinah stressed that, since then, management and

control of the schools shifted to central government authorities and

the communities tended to be less involved. The Regional Director of Education therefore urged

communities to go back to their first love, by being committed to

supporting the schools. However, he advised them against interfering with the work

of the headmasters which would not augur well for the progress of the

school. Mr. Odame-Aboagye, Chairman of the PTA explained that,

the funds for the projects were generated from PTA dues. He recounted the achievements of the Association as the

provision of 300 mono desks, furnishing of staff common room and

the Headmaster's office, a fence wall, girls' dormitory among others,

adding that, other projects such as a 15 classroom block storey

building and other extensions would be inaugurated soon. Mr. Paul Kenneth Dwobeng the Headmaster of DASS

charged the members of the community and other stakeholders to support the school's expansion in order to enable it carry out the

four-year Educational Reform. He noted that a great disservice would be done to Junior

High School graduates who would be deny admission to SHS due to

inadequate infrastructure, saying, expansion should be done in the

school to accommodate all those who qualify. Nana Dr. Kwao Ababio III, Chief of Dadease,

Commissioning the projects thanked the Association for its gesture. The ceremony attracted stakeholders, among whom were

the Member of Parliament for Kumawu, Mr. Yaw Baah, a represented of the District Chief Executive, Mr. Philip Basoa who later made

donations to a fundraising exercise. 29 Nov. 08