Bawumia presents over 150 vehicles to SHSs

The initiative is to improve access to quality education anchored on a robust education system training a critical mass of students empowered to be active participators in our country's socio-economic transformation.

Speaking at the handover ceremony, held at the Accra High School on Monday, January 31, 2022, Dr. Bawumia recalled that in March 2020 he handed over, on behalf of the government, 365 Isuzu Double Cabin pickup trucks out of a total of 840 procured, to all Metropolitan, Municipal and District Directorates of Education, as well as selected agencies under the Ministry of Education.

"I also handed 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. I further announced that the government had procured 350 buses for our Senior High Schools in this country and we distributed 100 of those buses in July 2020. Today, It is indeed an honour for me to hand over a total of 150 vehicles, including 100 buses and 50 pickup vehicles for use in our secondary schools," he said.

Dr. Bawumia underscored the importance of an efficient transportation system in the education sector, particularly in light of the flagship Free Senior High School programme, and pledged Government’s commitment to doing even more.

"It is well documented that the availability of good transportation for students positively impacts quality education delivery," Dr. Bawumia noted.

"An efficient transportation system in our schools increases student enrolment and encourages many students to stay in school. Indeed, it has been said that a dependable transportation system in schools improves the safety of students and makes teachers and students more productive.

"An efficient transportation system in schools is also key to hastening the economic transformation and the development of our country as envisioned by this Government led by His Excellency Nana Akufo-Addo.

"Thus, in the last five (5) years, our government has committed to increasing access to quality education and providing vehicles to secondary schools to support the transportation of our growing population in these schools," he noted.

The quest to provide quality, accessible education to Ghana's youth remains on course, and everything necessary to achieve this will continue to receive serious government attention, he emphasised.

He said "The hand-over of buses today is part of the efforts to increase access to quality education anchored on a robust education system that trains a critical mass of students empowered to be active participants in our country's transformation.

The procurement of the vehicles, the Minister of Education, Dr. Yaw Ose Adutwum, indicated forms part of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo's effort to promote Technical, Vocational, and Education Training (TVET) skills and education in the country."