To improve the standards of basic education in the Abuakwa North Constituency of the Eastern Region, Hon Gifty Twum-Ampofo popularly called Hajia Kande, the Member of Parliament (MP) and Deputy Minister of Education incharge of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), has handed over project sites for the construction of two separate six(6) unit classroom blocks with ancillary facilities at Akyem Old Tafo Presby and Akyem New Tafo Methodist Primary Schools on the 5th of January, 2024.

Honourable Gifty Twum-Ampofo explained that, the projects are being funded from the World Bank under the Ghana Accountability for Learning Outcomes Project (GALOP).
According to the MP, GALOP is a project with the objective to improve the quality of education in low-performing basic education schools and strengthen education sector equity and accountability in Ghana.
Honourable Twum-Ampofo posited that, the project when completed will motivate the teachers and pupils to improve their academic scores.

Honourable Alhaji Umar Babs Bodinga, Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of Abuakwa North on his part, admonished the contractor to factor in local content in terms of employment, to ensure that the youth in the communities benefit from the project.

Daasebre Adusei Peasah IV, Akyem Tafohene, expressed his gratitude to the Nana Akufo-Addo led NPP government for coming to the rescue of the school through the lobbying skills of Honourable Gifty Twum-Ampofo.
Daasebre Adusei Peasah recounted that, the Akyem Old Tafo Presby Primary school, can boast of Osagyefo Kuntunkunuku II, the late Okyenhene as a product and added that, the facelift can produce more prominent people in the near future.

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