The donation, which was procured through the Assembly’s Common Fund, forms part of efforts by the Municipal Assembly to support education and provide conducive teaching and learning environments for schools across the Municipality. Presenting the furniture, the Municipal Chief Executive, Hon. Joseph Amankwah, reaffirmed the Assembly’s commitment to improving educational infrastructure and addressing challenges confronting schools in the Municipality. He stated that the Assembly would continue to use available resources, including the Common Fund, to support the development of education and other sectors of the Municipality. Receiving the furniture on behalf of the Ghana Education Service, the Kwabre East Municipal Director of Education, Nana Baffour Asare, expressed his appreciation to the MCE and the Municipal Assembly for the gesture. He noted that the furniture would help reduce the shortage of desks in schools and create a more conducive environment for teaching and learning. He assured the Assembly that the 700 dual chairs would be distributed to schools according to their needs, with priority given to schools facing significant furniture shortages. Nana Baffour Asare, however, appealed to the Municipal Chief Executive and the Assembly to extend similar attention to the classroom deficit confronting some schools in the Municipality. He explained that some schools do not have adequate classrooms to accommodate the growing number of pupils and students, resulting in overcrowding and putting pressure on existing He therefore appealed to the Assembly to consider the construction and expansion of classrooms as part of its educational development interventions.
