In an effort to raise the fallen standard of education for basic school pupils in Anum in the Asuogyaman district of the Eastern Region, a benevolent organization has provided a library and an ICT facility to the Anum Anglican Primary and Junior high school.

Basic school students in the area have not had the opportunity to study subjects in Information Communication Technology (ICT) since the establishment of the school more than forty years ago.

The facility built at a cost of 300 thousand Ghana cedis by Connecting Kids Education foundation and PW Ghana with support from the Asuogyaman Assembly is expected to go a long way to offer school children the opportunity to learn more in ICT and improve their reading skills.

To augment the sustainability of the project, the Asuogyaman District Assembly has presented five desktop computers and its accessories to aid in the teaching and learning of ICT.

Ellen Blamires, director of Connecting Kids foundation (CKEF), at the inauguration ceremony stated that the main focus of project is to reduce the illiteracy level and raise the fallen standards of ICT education especially among basic school children in the rural settings.

According to her, this will offer basic school children in the rural areas the opportunity to compete equally with their colleagues in the urban centres.

‘’Our aim in Anum is to equip basic school children to be able to apply everyday ICT skills and further reduce to zero those unable to read and write in the next three years’’. the director stated.

She however explained that the success of the project would largely depend on the support from individuals, organizations and the corporate partners.

‘’We will appeal to individuals and corporate organizations to come to our aid to achieve our set targets…With their help we shall surely get to where we want to," she appealed.

Inaugurating the facility, the Eastern regional minister, Antwi Bosiako-Sekyere bemoaned the lack of proper supervision by parents when their wards close from school.

"As parents we are certainly an important stakeholder in our wards education…we must therefore be seen to be take the lead role in ensuring their academic success even when they close from school. You would be surprised that after dumping their wards in school, they never went back to access their academic performance… that is not a sign of proper parenting," he explained.

Nana Kwasi Anyane, Adontenehene of the Anum traditional area corroborated the minister’s call and further urged school authorities to cultivate the habit of maintenance to ensure that the facility is sustained.