GOVERNMENT'S SHS PROGRAMME LANDS AT JACOBU IN ASHANTI

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Twenty-one first year students of Jacobu Senior High Technical School in the Amansie Central District of Ashanti have benefitted from a scholarship package under the Government’s Secondary Education Improvement Project. 

The beneficiary students, made up of 13 females and nine males, are each receiving 500 Dollars a year for three years to cover the payment of all school bills, PTA levies and other educational needs. 

They are among two thousand 300 needy but qualified students who have benefitted from the scholarship package for the 2014/2015 academic year.

 A symbolic ceremony to present the scholarship package to the beneficiary students of the Jacobu Senior High Technical School has taken place at Jacobu, which was performed by the Amansie Central District Chief Executive, Dede Appiah. 

He explained that the Government has secured a 156 million Dollar loan facility from the World Bank as part of the President’s commitment to construct 200 community day senior high schools nationwide.

 The aim is to expand access and improve quality in education delivery at the secondary education level over the next five years.

 Mr. Appiah said the Secondary Education Improvement Project will involve the construction of 23 new senior high schools, upgrading of facilities and quality improvement in 50 existing SHS and improving quality in 75 existing SHS.

 The DCE said the package has several components which include scholarship for needy but qualified students, school facility upgrade and capacity building for teachers in ICT, mathematics and science so that they can deliver for performance improvement. 

The Headmaster of Jacobu Senior High Technical School, Yao Agorsor expressed gratitude to government for including the school among the 50 secondary institutions earmarked for facility upgrade and quality improvement.

 He said several workshops have been organized for management and staff of the school to have an in-depth knowledge about the implementation procedure. 


Mr. Agorsor gave the assurance that he and the staff would ensure that the scholarship beneficiaries and all students progress in academic succession. 

The District Director of Education, J.K. Agyemang advised parents of the beneficiary students not to shirk their responsibility even though their wards have been awarded scholarship. 

He reminded the students that the scholarship package is based on merit and can be terminated upon poor performance.

 They should therefore study hard to justify benefiting from the scholarship.

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