The Member of Parliament for Ketu North, Eric Edem Agbana, has announced free mandatory weekend classes beginning July 2025 for all final-year JHS students in the Municipality.
These sessions will be organized at designated clusters, with subject specialists drawn from across the district on a rotational basis.
Mr. Agbana announced the MP’s Education Excellence Awards to recognize and celebrate the dedication of hardworking educational workers, and the MP’s Education Excellence Awards is expected to be launched in October 2025 in response to a passionate appeal from the teacher associations.
The MP made these pronouncements at a strategic meeting with the Municipal Education Management Team in the Constituency.
The team comprised School Improvement Support Officers, Administrative Staff, Directors, and Four Line Assistants, as well as Heads of Units and Departments.
Together, they deliberated on how to strengthen collaboration and enhance education delivery and outcomes in the Municipality.
The MP expressed concern about the declining standards of education and emphasized the urgent need for a collective, renewed sense of commitment to our children’s future.
He again outlined a series of immediate and medium-term interventions aimed at reversing the trend and positioning Ketu North as a beacon of educational excellence.
In the area of Sports, Edem Agbana committed about GHC20,000 and 50 mattresses to support the participation of the basic schools in the Inter-District Sports Festival in Hohoe which is set to start later this month and ahead of the Regional Sports Festival.
To support the examination, the MP presented examination materials to the Directorate to facilitate the final preparatory mock exams for this year’s BECE candidates.
“Technology and Administration Boost: I also donated Apple iMac computers to the Education Directorate to improve administrative efficiency and operational effectiveness”, he added.
The MP said these interventions are just the beginning, “additional initiatives are currently under consideration and will be announced once finalized.
I charged all stakeholders to recommit themselves to excellence in educational service delivery, reminding them that the transformation of our constituency begins with the empowerment of our children through quality education”.
