A non-governmental organisation (NGO), The African Challenge, in partnership with the Australian Embassy in Ghana has provided 716 mono-desks to four basic schools in the Guan District and the Jasikan Municipality all in the Oti Region, to promote effective teaching and learning in the schools.
The beneficiary schools are Lolobi-Kumasi Roman Catholic (RC) Basic and Junior High schools (JHS), Lolobi Ashiambi Basic and JHS, Lolobi Huasem Basic School all in the Guan District and Baika Basic School in the Jasikan Municipality.
Presenting the furniture to the schools at Lolobi-Kumasi, the Executive Director of The African Challenge, Mr John Adza, said his organisation's objective was to promote quality education in the country, which made the personnel of the African Challenge to tour schools in the Guan District and the Jasikan Municipality to identify schools for assistance.
Mr Adza explained that during the tour of the schools, the NGO came across the situation where some schools did not have classroom furniture and pupils and students sat on the floor during contact hours, and wrote on their laps, a development which compelled The African Challenge to inform its partner, the Australian Embassy for financial support which was used in purchasing the furniture for the schools.