Minister of Education donates play materials, cash to Kindergarten

Gomoa Simbrofo (C/R), Oct. 22, GNA – The Minister of Education, Mr Lee Ocran has donated play materials, second-hand clothing worth GH¢ 6,000 and a cash of GH¢ 500 to the Gomoa Simbrofo Day Nursery.   The items were in a fulfillment of a promise he made to adopt the nursery when he paid a visit to the Simbrofo District Assembly Primary and Junior High School about two months ago.   Mr Clement Acquaye, a member of Gomoa West District Assembly, who made the donation on behalf of the Minister, urged the parents to always see to it that their children take their school lessons seriously.   He advised the children to learn hard to become prominent people in society.   Mr Acquaye told the parents that abject poverty in the district could only be broken through education.   He, however, noted with concern some dilapidated structures which were housing some KGs, especially in the rural areas and appealed to the government to provide decent structures for the schools.   Mr Albert K. Bentil head teacher of the JHS, who received the donation on behalf of the school, thanked the Minister and the Gomoa West District Chief Executive, Mr Theophilus Aidoo-Mensah for their support.     GNA... Read Full Story