Works begin on 198 classroom blocks

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Feb 8, 2008

CONSTRUCTION works have begun on 198 classroom blocks to serve schools which hold classes under trees in various parts of the country.
Under this project, 1,821 classroom blocks are to be built, but work is yet to begin on 1,623.
A document on Schools Under Trees Project made available to the Daily Graphic, indicated that 230 six-unit classrooms and 147 three-unit classrooms are to be built under the project, estimated at GH¢ 23,547,450,00.
The project is to be funded by the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund). Each of the six-unit classroom blocks has a head teacher’s office, storeroom, library and staff common room while each of the three-unit classroom blocks has a storeroom.
Asked what might have led to the delay in the commencement of work on the 1,623 classrooms, the Director of Administration of the Ministry of Education, Science and Sports, Mr J.O. Afrani, said the GETFund could not pre-finance the project since it would be a breach of its financial obligations.
He said the contractors would have to be written to, “to pre-fianance the project and after that present their certificates for payment.“
Fourteen of the six-unit classroom blocks are to be built in the Greater Accra Region; 16 in the Volta Region; 38 in the Central Region; 22 in the Western Region; 19 in the Eastern Region; 28 in the Ashanti Region; 25 in the Northern Region; 23 in the Upper West Region; 17 in the Upper East Region and 28 in the Brong Ahafo Region.
As regards the three-unit classroom block, 13 are to be constructed in the Greater Accra Region, seven in the Volta Region, 29 in the Central Region, 18 in the Western Region, nine in the Eastern Region, 24 in the Ashanti Region, 10 in the Northern Region, nine in the Upper West Region, eight in the Upper East Region and 15 in the Brong Ahafo Region.