The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has commissioned and distributed 100 new buses to a number of some selected Senior High Schools in the country, with 250 more on the way.
At a short ceremony on Thursday, July 30, 2020, he handed over the keys to the heads of the schools drawn from the North East, Northern, Savannah, Upper East, Upper West, Oti, Bono, Bono East and Ahafo regions,
In brief remarks, Dr. Bawumia said it was in fulfilment of President Akufo-Addo’s commitment to ensure that the education sector is adequately resourced to deliver improved learning outcomes in the country.
“This government will continue to invest in the education of its citizens because it is the right thing to do,” he assured Ghanaians.
“We will continue to invest in the frontline managers of our educational institutions because they are central to any education reform we seek to pursue, and we must equip them with the necessary tools to enhance their work to enable them to deliver their mandate in a more efficient manner”.
In the interests of fairness, schools that received buses in 2016 are not included in the distribution list this year.
This latest addition to the vehicular resources of the Ministry of Education comes after the handover, earlier in the year, of 365 out of a total of 840 Isuzu Double Cabin pickup trucks, which were distributed to all Metropolitan, Municipal and District Directorates of Education, as well as selected agencies under the Ministry of Education.
As well, 493 out of a total 2,000 motorbikes to aid the work of circuit supervisors and to further enhance their supervisory roles in the education sector were also handed over earlier in the year. Many more vehicles are on the way, according to officials of the Ministry of Education.
