Mr. Raymond Gbedoah, Nkoranza South District Coordinating Director, says the District Assembly would place high premium on educational activities and programmes in the communities. He advised the youth to take their education seriously in order to contribute meaningfully to the development of Brong-Ahafo and the country in general. Mr. Gbedoah was speaking at a capacity building workshop for members of the Nkoranza South District Education Oversight Committee (DEOC) at Nkoranza at the weekend. It was organised by Partnership for Accountable Governance in Education (PAGE), a United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-sponsored project, being implemented by CARE International and Ghana Education Service (GES). Mr. Gbedoah commended USAID for adopting the district to benefit from the PAGE project to help improve educational standards. Mr. Kwadwo Owusu-Ansah, a resource person of PAGE project, advised politicians to avoid politicizing educational policies and programmes, which he said could have an adverse effect on the country’s education. He said the DEOC was a non-partisan organisation and that the Assemblies should not be selective in choosing members to serve on the committee. Mr Owusu-Ansah, who is also head of the education management information system at Mamponteng district of the Ashanti region, disclosed that the DEOC was established under the legal instrument of the Education Act 1995, hence members should not be appointed on partisan basis. He asked the DEOC members to be committed and dedicated to their service and responsibilities and to work as a team to initiate activities that would enhance education development in the district. The resource person called on members to help in the demarcation and proper documentation of all school lands to prevent encroachment on building plots. The Nkoranza South District Director of Education, Madam Philippa Banson, commended the DEOC for its assistance in education delivery.