A former Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and an ambassador to five countries, including South Africa, Charles Owiredu, has begun a 'One school, One computer' initiative in the Birim North District of Eastern Region.

The Initiative is plan to ensure public schools in the area acquire desktop computers starting from Afosu.

Speaking at the Afosu Durbar Grounds on Thursday, Mr Owiredu stated that "education is not an individual responsibility".

He acknowledged that government, teachers, parents and students comprise the four pillars of the education enterprise, and they must do their best to push the country's education to a greater height.

According to Mr Owiredu, "these pillars, together, constitute education since each of them has a role to play and thus, in the absence of one, education becomes fragmentary."

He used himself as an illustrative example to elaborate on student, teacher, parent, and government roles.

"Once upon a time, I was a student; I became a teacher at some point after I had completed Teacher Training College. I was posted to a station where I taught for five years. Again, I am a parent, and finally, I was appointed as Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs hence a government official. So I know how these roles interact for success in the sector," he said.

Earlier this year, the headteacher of the beneficial school shared videos and pictures of the school building to Charles Owiredu.

The former Deputy Minister visited the school to see things for himself and decided to help.

"Immediately, I agreed to paint the school," he said.

He added that when he got to the office of the headteacher, there was no computer.

Mr Oweridu said he decided to procure ccomputers, printers and A4 sheets to public schools in Afosu. He also shared same among other public schools in the district.

Among the beneficiaries of this initiative are Catholic Primary, Presby Primary, D/A Primary, Islamic Primary, Methodist Primary, Martyrs of Uganda, Presby JHS D/A JHS, Islamic JHS, CRIG JSS, Afosu Secondary School and the Afosu Nursing school including Afosu Palace and the Police unit.

The former ambassador also promised to paint the residence of the Afosu Traditional Council and the Ghana Police Service.

He expressed his gratitude to chiefs, teachers and all residents of Afosu for their cooperation in developing the area.

The chief of Afosu, Nana Kofi Owusu Anoh II expressed much gratitude for the support saying this has been the first of its kind since he became the traditional leader of the area.

The District Director of Education Rosemond Antwi also thanked the former Deputy Minister and called for others to support the Education Directorate in Birim North.