Story: Zakaria Alhassan, Tamale
A lecturer at the University for Development Studies (UDS), Mr Abdulai Iddrisu, has donated GH¢1,000 to the authorities of the Islamic Senior High School in Tamale in the Northern Region, to support the payment of school fees for identified brilliant, needy students of the school for the current academic year.
Mr Iddrisu, who is currently pursuing a PhD degree at the University of Illinois in the United States of America, made a similar donation last year.
The lecturer said the donation had been possible through the support of a friend and a former British Member of Parliament, Colin Waugh, who were equally touched by the plight of the deprived students.
He said the fight against illiteracy and ignorance was very crucial in the socio-economic development of every community and, therefore, entreated the government and other stakeholders to rededicate themselves to education in northern Ghana.
‘‘I also entreat parents to take the education of their children seriously by contributing enormously to their schooling; students must also consider themselves as privileged and, therefore, not play with their studies in order to become responsible adults in future to better their lot, community and the nation as a whole,’’ he advised.
The headmaster of the Islamic Senior High School, who received the cheque on behalf of the beneficiary students, Mr Iddrisu Neindow, expressed appreciation to their benefactors for the kind gesture.
He also appealed to the general public and other benevolent organisations to support the school, which is science-based, with infrastructure and other logistics to help improve teaching and learning.
The deprived nature of the northern part of the country continues to hamper the accelerated development of some core sectors in those regions in spite of various interventions by both the government and non-government organisations.
More disturbing is the educational sector where majority of the youth are either out of school or drop out along the way as a result of ignorance, lack of care or sponsorship.
The inability of most parents and guardians to pay the fees or provide books and other learning materials for their children and wards to facilitate their studies has led to the current high illiteracy rate despite the fact that some of the children are very brilliant and could have made it to the highest levels of their education.
It is in view of these factors that the donation by the philanthropist has been very well appreciated and described as coming at a very good time.
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