Offinso South MP Pledges Full Scholarship For Abofour New Life JHS Students Who Score Aggregate 6 To 10

By Dominic Duut – Abofour Old Town

The Member of Parliament for Offinso South, Dr. Isaac Yaw Opoku, has pledged a full scholarship package for students of Abofour New Life JHS who obtain aggregate 6 to 10 in the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).

According to the MP, the scholarship will cover beneficiaries from Senior High School to the tertiary level.

Dr. Opoku announced the package during the commissioning of a 3-unit classroom block with a teachers’ common room and headmaster’s office for Abofour Old Town New Life JHS, and a 20-seater modern water closet toilet facility at Abofour Old Town in the Ashanti Region.

The projects are aimed at improving teaching and learning as well as sanitation in the community.

Speaking at the ceremony, Dr. Opoku urged pupils of the school to learn harder, remain disciplined and stay focused on their studies to achieve academic excellence and secure a better future.

He said the scholarship initiative is designed to motivate students to strive for excellence and reward hard work, stressing that education remains the surest path to success.

The MP noted that the new classroom block will address infrastructure challenges facing the school and provide a conducive environment for teaching and learning, while the toilet facility will help improve hygiene and end open defecation.

He called on parents, teachers and traditional leaders to collaborate to ensure children stay in school and desist from social vices that could derail their progress.

Dr. Opoku reaffirmed his commitment to continue initiating development projects in education, health, sanitation and other sectors to improve livelihoods in Offinso South.

Traditional leaders, school authorities and residents who graced the occasion commended the MP for the interventions, describing the scholarship pledge and the projects as timely and life-changing.