5 community SHS to be completed by September – Terkper

daniel russell

July 22, 2015 2:23 PM

Mr. Terkper announced this in Parliament when he presented the mid-year budget review and supplementary estimates of the government to the House on Tuesday.

Finance Minister, Seth Terkper

The Finance Minister, Seth Terkper has indicated that five of the promised 50 schools in the community day Senior High School (SHS) project will be completed by the end of August.

He also revealed that the remaining 45 schools are set to be ready in February next year.

“In fulfilment of government’s promise, the first phase of the 50 community day SHS program involving the construction of four-storey 24-unit classroom blocks or E-blocks in 50 districts are at various stages of completion. Five of the projects listed below are scheduled to be completed by the end of August 2015.

“These include Dema in the Tano South District of the Brong Ahafo Region, Nyanoa in the Upper west Akyem district in the Eastern Region, the Bunkpurugu Yonyoo district in the Northern Region, Chinderi in the Krachi district of the Volta Region and Bameako in the Nzema East district,” he said.

“The remaining 45 projects which were started in September 2014, are scheduled for completion in February 2016. The second phase of the 50 schools have been awarded for completion within 50 months,” Seth Terkper added.

President Mahama, in March 2014, cut the sod for the construction of the first 50 schools, as part of a total of 200 new Community Day Senior High Schools to be built across the nation.

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