Creative Arts, Kufuor, Bosomtwe Girls’ SHSs ready for use in 2022
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has inspected work on the construction of the J. A Kufuor Senior High Technical School, the Creative Arts Senior High School and Bosomtwe Girls’ Senior High School all in the Ashanti Region.
On Saturday, 2nd October 2021, President Akufo-Addo visited the J. A Kufuor Senior High Technical School and the Creative Arts Senior High School, whose construction commenced in December 2019.
Named after the 2nd President of the 4th Republic, Mr John Agyekum Kufuor, the J. A Kufuor Senior High Technical School, located in Dabaa in the Atwima Nwabiagya North, it will serve as a model Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) school.
Taking the President on a tour of the facility, the Project Manager told the President that the school has a capacity to house some 1,200 students, with the school placing an emphasis on technical education, which would prepare students for jobs involving applied sciences and modern technology.
The school, the Project Manager stressed will be completed in the course of 2022, ahead of the commencement of the 2022/2023 academic year.
The J.A. Kufuor Senior High School is fitted with a full complement of amenities such as playing fields, administrative buildings, libraries, and dormitories. Additionally, the V-Block in the school has a total of 24 classrooms, as opposed to 12 classrooms in the E-Blocks constructed by the former administration.
Plans are in the pipeline for the construction of 35 more such model schools around the country.
President Akufo-Addo also inspected work on the construction of the creative arts industry, the very first Senior High School in Ghana dedicated solely to the industry, located in Kwadaso in the Ashanti Region.
The school will equip students for the Arts, through powerful learning experiences, embrace and excel in the arts and academics, whilst working towards their visions of the future.
The Project has been designed to include the following 2-storey administration block; library block; auditorium/theatre (1,300 designed capacity); 4-storey 16-unit creative arts block with ancillary facilities; 4-storey 20-unit classroom block with 4 dedicated laboratory rooms; 3-storey dormitory block; 2-storey dormitory block; dining hall with kitchen; principal’s residence; 2 vice principals’ residence, 2 no. staff flats; sports area; maintenance shed; waste treatment/holding bay; access roads and paved walkways; and gatehouse.
On Sunday, 3rd October 2021, President Akufo-Addo inspected ongoing work on the construction of Bosomtwe Girls Senior High School, which is being established to promote the participation of girls in STEM education.
The school is complete and equipped with the requisite labs to aid 21st-century learning approaches and methods in science-based learning.
The President was told the construction of an 18-unit classroom block with offices and washrooms and external works was 100% complete. A 4-Unit Science Laboratory Block, being constructed by GNPC, is 90% complete, with the construction of a girls’ dormitory block currently ongoing.
Source: classfmonline.com
Trending News
Government signs agreement with Health Services Workers Union, Internal Audit Agency
15:39Nana Aba Anamoah commends Bawumia for free dialysis initiative
21:06Akufo-Addo touts unprecedented achievements in Ghana's agriculture sector
09:33Afenyo-Markin accuses Minority of blocking public servants' salaries
06:49Ho GPRTU boils as former executives lock up office
12:31Ghana hosts major WHO-led simulation to combat future disease outbreaks in Africa
21:25Akufo-Addo increases cocoa producer price, expands scholarship scheme for cocoa farmers' children
07:26No arm of gov't completely independent under 1992 Constitution –Lawyer to Speaker Bagbin
15:43John Mahama begins two-day campaign tour in Western North Region
12:06Dec 7 polls: NDC's Mahama tipped to win presidential vote, survey shows
21:48