Esaase (Ash), Feb 23, GNA- Mr Eddy Obeng-Darko, Atwima District Director of Education, has emphasised the need for management of private schools to strictly abide by the Ministry of Education's framework, guidelines and policies in order not to jeopardise the future of their students.

Private schools management, he said, should focus on quality teaching and learning, efficiency in management, access and participation to ensure the success of the Free Compulsory Universal Basic Education (FCUBE) policy.

Mr Obeng-Darko was speaking at a fund-raising harvest organised by Esaase Christian School for the Child, a private Basic School in aid of the school's 70 million-cedis computer laboratory at Esaase near Asante-Akropong on Sunday.

He asked private schools management to provide adequate infrastructure, improve environmental sanitation and actively promote sports and culture alongside academic output to fully and efficiently harness the potential of the child for brighter future development. Mr Kwabena Boateng, the proprietor, said the school obtained 100 percent in the 2003 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) with 40 percent candidates obtaining aggregate six.

The school, he said, has instituted 3.320 million cedis annual scholarship scheme for its eight brilliant but needy pupils and also free tuition to pupils of the pre-school stage in response to an appeal made to the management by Nana Nkrumah Boateng, the ex-chief of Esaase who provided the school with land.

Mr Boateng said the school has expanded and improved its boarding facilities and employed qualified teachers to improve its academic achievements and urged parents and guardians to provide the needs of their wards.

Nana Nkrumah Boateng, who donated 500,000 cedis, commended the school management for introducing and exposing the children to computer technology and advised the pupils to take their studies seriously. Madam Irene Comfort Badu, assistant director of education in-charge of Early Childhood Development in the Atwima district, who presided, noted that the school would achieve higher academic output if much emphasis, was laid on effective and efficient pre-school education. About 15 million cedis was realised at the function.