The Minister for Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has assured the public that government is taking swift action to address concerns at Aburi Girls\u2019 Senior High School, while outlining broader plans to tackle infrastructure challenges across the country.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy attention has just been drawn to the developments at Aburi Girls’ Senior High School, which is of concern to the government and the GES. We will work to remedy it as soon as possible,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Mr Iddrisu explained that school authorities had already taken steps to manage the situation, particularly regarding faulty toilet facilities.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere were two of those toilet facilities. One has been fixed. One is in the process of being repaired, and the repair work will be completed by the weekend,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut it’s largely exaggerated if I may\u2026 the situation is under control,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Despite this assurance, the Minister acknowledged the concerns of parents and students, noting that the issue could affect academic activities if not resolved quickly.<\/p>\n
\u201cLegitimately, parents are concerned; students are concerned. It can affect\u2026 their academic life and work. And we are mindful of that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He further assured that immediate steps are being taken to resolve the situation.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, it will be addressed immediately\u2026 I would get the Director General of the GES management to move in, and then we mobilise resources to support the institution to fix it.\u201d<\/p>\n
“By the end of this week, the temporary crisis will be resolved,” he added.<\/p>\n
Beyond the immediate response, Mr Iddrisu highlighted broader structural challenges facing the education sector, describing school infrastructure nationwide as being in a \u201cdire state\u201d requiring urgent attention.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s a larger crisis across the country. Education infrastructure is in a dire state, a very poor state. And we have to work to fix it,\u201d he stated, adding that he has already submitted a cabinet paper on the issue to the President.<\/p>\n
As part of longer-term measures, the Minister revealed plans to establish a technical committee and secure funding to respond more effectively to emergencies in schools.<\/p>\n
He disclosed that government is working with the Finance Ministry to allocate \u201c2% of the GETFund formula to respond to site national emergencies.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThis will help us deal with situations like storms, fires, or damage to school facilities,\u201d he explained, noting that funds would be channelled through the Ghana Education Service to address urgent needs such as those at Aburi Girls.<\/p>\n
Mr Iddrisu also referred to ongoing efforts to improve facilities in girls\u2019 schools, including ICT projects with integrated sanitation systems, although he noted that some of these projects are yet to begin.<\/p>\n
“We have just given Aburi Girls, Holy Child, St. Xavier some new ICT facilities for girls, which include toilet facilities. But that’s just about projects that are yet to take off,” he said.<\/p>\n
In addition, the Minister pointed to ongoing discussions to secure about $300 million from the World Bank to support infrastructure development in the education sector.<\/p>\n
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The Minister for Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has assured the public that government is taking swift action to address concerns at Aburi Girls\u2019 Senior High School, while outlining broader plans to tackle infrastructure challenges across the country. Speaking on Joy FM\u2019s Super Morning Show\u00a0on Wednesday, April 8, the Minister responded to reports of water shortages and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123457,"featured_media":16462,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[165],"tags":[3223,204,4265],"class_list":["post-16461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","tag-aburi-girls","tag-ges","tag-minister-of-education"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/123457"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16461"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16463,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16461\/revisions\/16463"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}