In their welcome address, the local authorities from the three beneficiary communities thanked Plan Sierra Leone for what they described as a laudable development.
Source/Credit: Concord Times (Freetown)
By Francis Ndanema | December 6, 2013
The Country Director of Plan Sierra Leone, Augustine Allieu, has commissioned three secondary schools in the Lower Banta and Fakunya chiefdoms, Moyamba District. The commissioned schools are: Ahmadiyya Technical and Vocational Secondary School in Gbangbatoke town; Agricultural Vocational Secondary School, Mokanji; and Government Secondary School, Moyamba Junction in the Fakunya Chiefdom.
Each of the schoolscomprises six classrooms with an office; a flush toilet building with six rooms; a giant water tank; and a principal's quarter.
Mr. Allieu informed his audience that the three secondary schools were constructed through the Girl Power Project (GPP), which aims at achieving equity in the educational sector for both boys and girls. He said the money used in the implementation of the GPP was provided by the Dutch Government through Plan Netherlands to Plan Sierra Leone.
"We have discovered that equity has now been achieved at primary level. But when you go to the secondary school, you see more boys than girls," observed the Plan Sierra Leonecountry director. "In fact the number of girls that will access tertiary education is even lower than those that will enter secondary school. The reason why most girls are dropping out of school is because they are not comfortable with the toilet facilities and the building itself.
"We believe that the school buildings can help in re-enrolling those girls that have dropped out of school and encourage the others who are in school to achieve quality education. We also supplied the schools with textbooks in the four JSS core subjects."
Allieudisclosed that he had recently signed another project with DFID titled 'Girls Education Challenge', which according to him, is also aiming at ensuring girls get quality education in the world.
In their welcome address, the local authorities from the three beneficiary communities thanked Plan Sierra Leone for what they described as a laudable development. They reaffirmed their commitments to work towards the realization of the potential of children in their various localities, especially girls. They called on Plan Sierra Leone to continue to support them so as to enhance quality education for their children with special reference to girls that have for a long time beenleft behind in terms of education.
Giving a background of his school, the Education Secretary of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Secondary School, Fuad Lawleh, noted that the school started without a structure but that the community people later contributed in having it constructed with local materials. He called on Plan Sierra Leone to help them construct more classrooms since the school is growing rapidly in population.
Archbishop of the United Methodist Church, Yambasu, described the construction of the Agricultural Vocational Secondary School in Mokanji as a real miracle for which the community should be thankful to God. He thanked Plan Sierra Leone for blessing his mission with a modern school structure.
A representative of the Ministry of Education, Charles Koroma, pointed out that the organization has constructed several schools, as well as assisting the ministry with mobility and teaching and learning materials, among others. He urged the schools' authorities and the school management committees of the three schools to take proper care of the facilities.
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