In the quest to encourage Junior High students who are sitting for this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in the New Juaben North Municipality, Philip Twum Yeboah, has donated mathematical sets to the Educational Directorate.
A total of 1,500 mathematical sets were donated for onward distribution to all the final year students who are sitting for the exam.
Speaking to the media during the short ceremony at the forecourt of the New Juaben North Educational Directorate office, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of PTY Foundation said that supporting students to have peace of mind during exams time was a prime objective.
The PTY CEO, who is also an aspiring parliamentary candidate for the area, encouraged the candidates to be strong, audacious and read the questions carefully before answering them in order to achieve the best grades.
Mr. Yeboah cautioned them to desist from fasting during the examination period in order to increase their glucose levels to allow their brains to function, and also have enough time for sleeping.
He indicated that some candidates did not have vital stationeries to prepare adequately for the examination, adding that some suffered in answering construction questions without the use of the appropriate materials.
He continued that he had been donating mathematical sets and other learning materials to schools in the municipality for years as part of efforts to support quality teaching and learning.
The aspiring Member of Parliament (MP) on the ticket of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), averred that he was committed to addressing the educational challenges in the area.
Mr. Philip Twum Yeboah said he was supporting final year students because of the Free Senior High School (SHS) introduced by the government to enable every child in the country who qualifies for second-cycle education to be placed freely in a public school.
He added that the PTY Foundation was committed to supporting students in the municipality because not all of them were privileged to have a mathematical set during the examination.
On behalf of the final year students, the New Juaben North Municipal Education Director, Madam Beverly Dansoa Bartels, thanked the PTY Foundation for supporting the candidates with the mathematical sets.
She added that sometimes pupils asked their colleagues for rulers, pens and others materials during examinations, hence the donation was timely and highly appreciated.
Madam Beverly Dansoa pleaded with the Foundation to continue donating learning materials to enable the municipality deliver better education.
She called on the PTY for a partnership in terms of donating learning materials to enlarge the Foundation.
