Mr Seid Mubarak, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sunyani East, has inspected works on the construction of some physical infrastructure projects at the Sunyani Senior High School (SUSEC).
He asked the contractors to speed up and complete those projects on time to enable the school to return to the single-track system.
Accompanied by Mr Vincent Antwi Agyei, the Sunyani Municipal Chief (MCE), the executives of the ‘Brong-Ahafo’ Regional (B/A) chapter of the SUSEC Old Students Association conducted the MP round the project sites in the school.
They were in the school to attend the Association’s fund-raising dinner aimed at mobilising funds to procure dining tables and chairs for the school’s newly constructed dining hall.
During the visit, the construction of the two-storey 12-unit classroom block, two-storey science laboratory, two 12-unit toilet facilities, as well as two-storey dormitories for the boys and girls were at various stages, progressing steadily.
Mr Mubarak indicated that, as the bedrock of development, the government had prioritised quality education, working hard to improve physical infrastructure development to end the double-track system in the various SHSs in the country.
He said plans were far advanced for the establishment of public SHSs at Atronie and Abesim in the constituency, saying that he had lobbied and very soon he would distribute about 3,000 desks to some SHSs in the area.
Mr Agyei, the Sunyani MCE, praised the government for its dedication to improving educational projects at the SUSEC, saying that the construction of the ongoing projects at the school was an indication that the government remained dedicated to ending the single-track system.
He said with the support of the MP, the Assembly was putting up classroom blocks at Yawhima, Yawmere, and Tanoano, adding that recently the Assembly presented tables and chairs to the Nrankrom basic school.
Mr Agyei commended the MP for his commitment towards tackling the development needs of the local communities.
Prof Emmanuel Opuni-Frimpong, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the SUSEC and Global President of SOSA, also commended the government, saying that within one year, the government had awarded nine different educational projects in the school.
Nonetheless, he observed that the government alone could not shoulder the responsibility of meeting the physical educational infrastructure of the school and appealed for support from the alumni.
Earlier, Mr Justice Adu Baffoe, the Organiser of the B/A chapter of SOSA, said the chapter needed the support of all alumni to address the emerging challenges and to facilitate a conducive environment for teaching and learning to thrive in the school.
Mr Thomas Obour, the Assistant Headmaster of SUSEC in charge of Academics, said the school had 4,393 students going through the double-track system.
He said it had 197 teaching staff, 139 males and 58 females, as well as 87 non-teaching staf,f made up of 34 males and 53 females and expressed the hope that those ongoing projects were expected to be completed within eight months for the school to return to the single-track system.
Mr Obour, also the Acting B/A Regional Secretary of SOSA, said the school required an additional 3,000 desks, 300 student beds, worrying that about 380 of the students slept on the floor on their mattresses.
