VRA Schools Board Inaugurated

A Twelve-Member board has been appointed by the management of the Volta River Authority (VRA) to oversee the administration of its educational institutions.

In addition to power generation by the VRA, the authority operates schools in Akosombo, Akuse and Aboadze to cater for the educational needs of children and wards of its employees, with the most popular being the Akosombo International School.

The Chief Executive of VRA, Kweku Andoh Awotwi who inaugurated the board was of the view that as part of the National Power Sector Reforms, institutional support services in VRA such as its schools needed to be restructured to be in line with the government’s policy.

To this end, he said, the VRA schools, unlike other non power institutions of the authority, were on the threshold of becoming commercially viable entities.

Mr Awotwi expressed confidence in the capabilities of members of the board which he was hopeful, would translate into effective and efficient running of the VRA schools.

“We believe your conceptual skills are the most required, this means that your cognitive ability to think strategically to take the broad, long-term view to see the VRA and its schools as a whole to excel will come to reality”.

He charged them to work in accordance with the terms of reference of their appointment which included: providing quality policy direction for the management of the schools, advice on alternative sources of funding for the school and ensuring that the schools provide quality education and maintain excellent academic, social and moral standards.

The Chairman of the board and Chairman of the Educational Review Committee, Jophus Anamoah Mensah, said the nation needed young intellectuals who could drive the economy and its development agenda.

That, he believed, could be achieved if the right people were groomed to steer the helms of affairs and cause things to row with their innovation and creativity.

He said the new literacy scheme of today did not only include understanding Mathematics and English Language but also appreciating the media, computer, and financial policies among others, which he said, could place children of school age on the competitive map of the world development stage.

Mr Arnold Seshie, General Manager of the VRA Schools said the VRA built schools at its operational areas as part of its social responsibilities to the nation, with the vision of setting the standard for public sector excellence and providing quality education from the pre-school to the senior high school level.