Ateiku D/A Basic School gets 3-Unit washroom

Mr Isaace Okyere(right)presenting the keys to the facility to MissJoyce Maneame with some of the pupils and staff looking on

An old student of the Ateiku D/A Basic School in the Wassa East District of the Western Region, Mr Isaac Kwadwo Okyere, has construct­ed a 3-unit washroom for the school.

As the first Junior High School (JHS) in the Ateiku community, the Wassa East District Education Directorate has turned it into a Circuit Centre and one of the Basic Education Certificate Exami­nation (BECE) centres.

Currently the school’s en­rolment stands at 430, with all the necessary infrastructural facilities provided except a urinal.

That makes Mr Okyere, the former Eastern Regional Man­ager of SDA schools and an old boy, very timely following an appeal from the Headmistress, Ms Joyce Maneame, during a visit by the philanthropist.

“Immediately l heard the situation, I decided to save the children and the teachers from contracting sicknesses and infections,” he said.

Mr Okyere, who sin­gle-handedly provided the infrastructure, hoped that will enable the pupils to have their peace of mind to learn and pass the just ended BECE examination.

According to Mr Okyere, the 3-unit urinal facility was valued at Gh¢10, 000.

Presenting the keys, Mr Okyere said the gesture was also his humble contribution to the development of the school and appealed to his colleagues to also come to the aid of their alma mater.

Ms Maneame thanked the donor for his prompt re­sponse to the needs of the school, saying, “it would go a long way to reduce the environmental pollution on the school’s compound and the mess and difficulties the teachers, pupils and visi­tors go through when nature calls.”