MagMina Foundation, an Accra-based NGO, has donated four projectors to the Sacred Heart Senior High School (SAHESS) at Nsoatre in the Bono Region to aid the effective teaching and learning of ICT in the school.
The gesture was in response to an appeal made during the school’s 47th Anniversary and Speech Day for assistance to meet its contemporary needs in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education.
Ms Rosemary Mroba Gaisie, a Director of MagMina Foundation, presenting the projectors, said “the gesture is not a mere fulfilment of a promise made, but also, the Foundation’s little contribution towards the development and enhancement of ICT training and skill acquisition, which have become very critical, in today’s world of technology.”
“By this little gesture of ours, we share in the vision of the esteemed 1st Female Vice-President of Ghana, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyeman, by not just opening the door, but holding it open, for others, in charting the pathway to excellence,” she added.
Ms Gaisie, who was also an old student of SAHESS said the donation strongly aligned with the intent and purpose of the Foundation to support underserved schools, hospitals and clinics in deprived communities in Ghana and by extension, assisting students and patients as and when necessary.
Reverend Sis. Benedicta Uzokwe, the Headmistress of SAHESS, who received the ICT equipment, thanked the Foundation for the support.
She said “we introduced elective ICT in 2018 with 10 students. They all came out with 100 per cent credit pass during the WASSCE in 2021. This year we have about 110 students taking up the course. With that number, we need computers because each person has to do practical individual work.”
Rev. Sr. Uzokwe said despite the increase in the number of students, the school lacked the needed equipment to ensure effective teaching and learning of ICT.
“With the new curriculum it will be necessary to have projectors in every classroom to improve learning and make teaching less cumbersome. And it will also ensure that learners are technologically equipped for the 21st century job market,” she said.
The Headmistress gave the assurance that the equipment would be put to good use and well maintained.
Monsignor Joseph Marfo-Gyimah, a guest from the Justice and Peace Commission of the Catholic Diocese of Sunyani, was full of praise for Ms Gaisie and the MagMina Foundation, calling on all old students to emulate the gesture.
Source: myghanadaily
