MP develops stringent measures to promote education in Binduri

Category: General Created on Thursday, 19 April 2012 13:27 Published Date Written by GNA Hits: 386

Bawku (U/E), April 19, GNA - Mr Stephen Yakubu, New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Binduri, has donated 495 mathematical sets to 759 pupils writing the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) and 52 footballs and jerseys to 18 schools in the constituency.

  Mr. Yakubu said education was priority in his development agenda and that he had put in place measures to promote quality education in the area.

      He said he would secure funds to sponsor students in the area for further studies as well as construct education infrastructure in communities that did not have such facilities.

     Mr. Yakubu mentioned that the constituency had established the brilliant but needy child educational fund and said it would assist children who have passed their exams for further studies but could not afford to pay their admissions at all the levels of education.

      He said he was lobbying for the construction of a vocational institution that would provide skills acquisition training for children who could not gain admission into the senior high schools.

      Mr Yakubu said he was collaborating with the College of education to post teacher trainees to the area.

He appealed to development partners and Parent /Teacher Associations of schools to contribute towards achieving better education standards in the area.