Ankaful-Saltpond gets first public basic school in 600 years - Adomonline.com

Ankaful-Saltpond, a fishing community in the Mfantseman Municipality of the Central Region, has received its first-ever public basic school after it was founded some six centuries ago.

The six-unit classroom block built for the Saltpond-Ankaful M/A Basic School by the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) Foundation, was on persistent request of the chiefs and people to help educate the children in the community.

Until now, the community of about 4,900 people had virtually no basic school, a situation which forced children to trek several kilometres to school at Saltpond, Hini and other communities on daily basis.

The establishment of the new school, therefore, means a major boost for education in the community as it will provide a more conducive learning environment and increase enrolment.

She assured that the Foundation would expand the school with a Junior High School (JHS) block and a 12-seater sanitary facility from proceeds realised from the scraps that would be sold after the decommissioning of the Saltpond Oil Field.

The Akanful-Saltpond Odikro, Nana Kwame Ntsiful V, who expressed joy and appreciation for the project, indicated that the school would help to improve the lives of the people.

The Headteacher of the two basic schools, Madam Eunice Okuruw, explained that the Ankaful M/A Basic School would host classes one to six.