As part of its effort to contribute to education development, Access Bank has supported the Ghana Education Service (GES) by donating 20,000 sandals to learners.
The Ghana Education Service, with support from Access Bank, celebrated its annual ‘My First Day at School’ event on Tuesday, September 10th, 2024, at the Kroma Cluster of Schools in Nungua to welcome children who enroll in KG for the first time and those who join the mainstream school system at Basic One.
During the ‘My First Day at School’ celebration, the second phase of the “Sandal More for A Better Tomorrow” project was also launched in collaboration with Access Bank to provide over 20,000 learners with comfortable sandals nationwide.
Representing the Director-General of the Ghana Education Service, Apostle Dr. Christian Koramoah, the Financial Controller of the Ghana Education Service, applauded the leadership of Access Bank for collaborating with the GES to promote access to quality education through the “Sandal More for A Better Tomorrow” project.
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On behalf of GES, Dr Koramoah donated school supplies to the new learners welcomed teachers, new learners, and continuing students back to school, and encouraged them to make the best use of the new academic year.
It is expected that the donated sandals under the Sandal More for A Better Tomorrow project will be distributed to learners in deprived communities and not learners in schools in cities where these resources are not needed.
Commentators on the efforts of Access Bank has reacted to the support and called on government to make the leaving conditions of parents better so that they can afford buying sandals for their wards.
In a related development, public schools are faced with a shortage of desks that are needed for learners to sit on and learn, leading to parents buying mono desks for not less than GHS 300.00 for one. It is important that the government takes steps to supply adequate furniture for public schools. The shortage of desks nationwide in public schools is estimated at one million by Africa Education Watch.
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