News
141-year-old AMECO Admin Block now Deathtrap.
The administration block of the E.P. College of Education, Amedzofe, (AMECO) which was built in 1880, long before the establishment of the college in 1946, is now a deathtrap.
The windows of the 141-year-old building are falling apart while the wooden floors are caving in gradually based on the weight of growing staff strength, heavy furniture and other pieces of office equipment.
“The structure is growing weaker every day and we can only thank God for our safety; it is our prayer that help comes from the government soon before the structure starts giving way,” Dr Dickson Tsey, the Principal said at the 14th Congregation of the college last Saturday.
Throwing more light on the infrastructural challenges at the campus, Dr Tsey said that AMECO was a college with very limited and unattractive staff accommodation.
“Many of our staff members travel from Ho, Kpando, Vane and surrounding areas to work every day because of the lack of accommodation on campus and also in the Amedzofe town,” he said.
To address this problem, Dr Tsey said that the institution was collaborating with the AMECO alumni, students and staff to embark on a self-help project to put up a four-unit two-bedroom flat to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the college.
He appealed to corporate bodies and public-spirited individuals to support the project in various ways to ensure its speedy completion.
Dr Tsey said that an amount of GHS 600, 000 was needed to fix the main road to the college and the road network on campus.
“This is beyond the reach of the college and we humbly call on the Ho West District Assembly and the government to come to our aid,” he added.
Madam Elizabeth Ohene, Senior Advisor at the Office of the President who was the Guest Speaker donated four computers and four printers to the college.
FROM ALBERTO MARIO NORETTI, AMEDZOFE
News
Minister for Education leads monitoring visit to BECE Centres
As part of efforts to encourage candidates writing the 2025 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), the Minister for Education, Haruna Iddrissu has led a government delegation to the 5 Garrison Education Centre and Emmause Cluster of Schools earlier today in Accra.
The visit aimed at monitoring the conduct of the examination, interacting with candidates, and offering words of motivation.
The minister urged the students to remain focused, confident, and determined, encouraging them to do their best to make themselves and the nation proud.
Accompanying the Education minister were the Minister for Defence, Edward Omane Boamah; Deputy Minister for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs and Member of Parliament for La Dadekotopon, Rita Naa Odoley Sowah and the Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Prof. Ernest Davis.
The rest included the Chief Director of the Ministry of Education, Mrs. Maamle Andrews; and the Municipal Chief Executive for La Dadekotopon, Alfredos Nii Anyetei.
Other dignitaries present also reiterated government’s commitment to educational excellence and the holistic development of every Ghanaian child.
News
Interior Minister calls for correctional reform as Prisons Service graduates New Officers
Speaking at the Passing-Out Parade of Recruit Course 125 at Ankaful Prison Officers’ Training School in the Central Region, the Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak has emphasized the need for correctional reform in Ghana, highlighting the government’s commitment to transforming the Prisons Service into a modern correctional facility that focuses on rehabilitation, reformation and reintegration.
He noted that Government remains committed to expanding vocational training, educational programmes and productive inmate enterprises that reinforce rehabilitation, reformation and reintegration.
The minister pointed out that correctional facilities must become centers of reform, not just detention.
According to him, “is not an act of charity but a strategic investment in national security and human capital. When we empower an inmate with employable skills, we reduce the opportunity for that inmate to re-offend. Rehabilitation and reformation do not occur in isolation but must be linked to purposeful activity.”
To give practical effect to this policy, Muntaka Mohamed-Mubarak announced that Government will scale up support for prison-based ventures, saying that entures such as carpentry, tailoring, agriculture, and industrial operations, including bottled water production, will be central to a sustainable, self-reliant correctional economy.
The Minister also directed all institutions under the Ministry for the Interior to prioritise the purchase of bottled water and toilet rolls produced by the Ghana Prisons Service.
This, he said, will not only reduce the financial burden on the state but also generate revenue and promote inmates’ productivity.
He reassured the leadership and personnel of the Ghana Prisons Service of the Government’s unwavering support, emphasizing that the commitment goes beyond improving logistics and infrastructure to reforming the very foundation of correctional practice in Ghana.
Muntaka Mubarak urged the new officers to serve with integrity, compassion, and professionalism, and assured them that their actions would reflect the high standards of the Service and the trust the nation has placed in them.
