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Deputy Education Minister, Samuel
Okudzeto Ablakwa has warned
contractors working on the 50
community day Senior High Schools
to sit up or risk their contracts
being abrogated.
He expressed dissatisfaction with
work done so far on the schools,
which were promised by President
Mahama during the 2012 elections.
The Minister issued the warning at
a ceremony to hand over a site for
construction of a Community Day
Senior High School at Adaklu Tsrefe
in the Volta region.
"This is a presidential priority
project so we do not take excuses,
we do not suffer laziness and
excuses about road networks,
workers, water delivery, electricity
supply and all of that.
"We do not accept any excuse, you
have to be on time and you must
be punctual. We are always
monitoring if you do not follow the
laid down schedule of work, we are
going to send you warning letters
then we will terminate the contract
then award it to another
contractor", he said.
The traditional authorities in
Adaklu gave the government 25
acres of land for the construction of
the school.
The facility is expected to include a
four story structure accommodating
24 classrooms, a headmaster's
bungalow, and 11 teachers'
bungalows, among others.
Work on the project is expected to
be completed after 18 months and
is estimated to cost about 11
million cedis.
Meanwhile, stakeholders in the
education sector have been urged
to teach school children to avoid
corruption.
The caution is coming from District
Chief Executive (DCE) of Sangnaregu
in the Northern region in the wake
of West African Examinations
Council's cancellation of some exam
papers.
The DCE, Alhassan Mohammed
Sorugudoo, believes the
cancellation of the papers shows
some teachers have been exposing
students to examination
malpractices.
Credit: Myjoyonline.com
