As part of efforts to help solve sanitation issues at Ejisu RC School, the Antwi Mensah and Family Foundation has commissioned a 15-seater toilet facility for the Junior High School, Primary and the KG.
The facilities come with a shower for the kindergarten as well as changing rooms for both male and female pupils in primary and junior high school.
The project which cost GH500,000 started in September 2022.
Situated in the heart of Ejisu with a population of about 1,200 pupils, this will be the first time the school will have access to a water closet toilet facility since its establishment some 80 years ago.
Speaking to the media during a short ceremony to commission the projects, Dr.Kofi Antwi Mensah Co-Chairperson of the Foundation, and an old pupil of the school said the gesture was to give back to the school.
"The school had contributed to shaping the lives of a lot of people who are doing very well in their various endeavors but it has been in a very deplorable state so we decided to lead by example by constructing modern toilet facilities for the school," he stated.
Mr. Antwi Mensah further emphasized that the resolve of his foundation to intervene was occasioned by the fact that the facilities in the school did not bode well for teaching and learning.
Maintenance culture
He emphasized that issues of maintenance culture has become a drawback in public project management. He said to protect the facilities to stand the test of time, they have hired caretakers who will collaborate with the school to manage them for a period.
He again promised that the Foundation would continue supporting the school by upgrading the school's fence wall and other facilities.
Mrs.Bernadette N.Votere Headmistress for Ejisu R/C model Primary School speaking to the media thanked the foundation for the kind gesture and also talked about the challenges facing the school which included inadequate computers to support ICT education and the absence of a Library in the school.
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