Education Gets Major Boost In Gomoa Mpota

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and Plan Ghana officially handed over a renovated classroom block at Gomoa Mpota Junior High School in the Central Region to the Ghana Education Service today.

The new block houses classrooms for about one hundred school children. USAID-funded repairs to the school building and also funded the provision of furniture, water, sanitation and hand washing facilities.

The renovation project supports Ghana's commitment to increase junior high school (JHS) enrollment and graduation rates. The school block is accessible to persons with disabilities.

USAID also funded training for teachers to improve teaching, classroom management, and information communication and technology (ICT) skills. These skills will help head teachers improve their management skills and better design and implement school performance plans.

Cheryl Anderson, USAID Mission Director for Ghana said, “USAID is committed to help improve education management and education in general as part of Ghana's development strategy.” Cheryl Anderson was in Gomoa Mpota to officially hand over the school block.

Since the project's inception in 2010, USAID has funded the construction of seven new classroom blocks, completed major repairs on 19 junior high schools with an additional 100 school repairs. Thirteen new ICT Centers are currently under construction. USAID also funded the training of math, English and ICT teachers in the 156 beneficiary schools about child-friendly approaches to teaching.

This initiative is being implemented across 13 districts in Central, Brong Ahafo, Greater Accra, and Eastern regions. These activities are part of broader USAID education infrastructure effort across all ten regions of Ghana.

The American people, through USAID, have provided economic and humanitarian assistance

worldwide for over 50 years.