The Chairman of the Ashiedu Keteke Sub Metropolitan Area, has appealed to parents and guardians not to capitalise on government interventions in the educational sector to run away from their responsibilities towards their children and wards.
Mr Adjebu Lamptey said they should not take advantage of the National School Feeding Programme and the supply of free uniforms to deny their children and wards nutritious meals and clothing at home.
Mr Lamptey gave the advice when he took delivery of 10 dual desks donated by the Presbyterian Church of Ghana Calvary Congregation at Ayalolo to the Sempe III Primary School at the Ayalolo Cluster of schools in Accra.
He noted that the interventions by the government in the educational sector were meant to support parents and guardians to care for their children and a form of poverty alleviation mechanism.
Mr Lamptey said the gesture was not meant to replace parental care for children.
He said children had the right to good quality education, adding that parental care is not a favour but a responsibility.
He stressed the determination of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) to create an enabling environment for children to get education to the highest level to enable them contribute their quota to national development as future leaders of the country.
The Ashiedu Keteke Sub Metro Chairman asked parents to take advantage of the capitation grant, the school feeding programme and the supply of free uniforms to send their children to school.
He challenged school children not to disappoint the AMA for ending the shift system by taking their studies seriously to pass their examinations with good grades to gain admission to second cycle institutions, where they should progress to the highest level.
Mr Adjebu Lamptey commended the Church for living up to its social responsibility by supporting the school.
The Head teacher, Madam Comfort Dufie, thanked the Church for supporting the school to promote teaching and learning.
She said the Church had previously provided the school with electricity and two light posts fitted with bulbs to improve security at night on campus.
The Church also erected a wall in front of the school to check erosion and promised to paint the classroom block.
Madam Dufie appealed to other public-spirited individuals and organisations to provide a congenial atmosphere to promote learning.
Mr Williams Ntiamoah, Catechist and Mr Daniel Yirenkyi, Presbyter, presented the desks valued at GH¢350 Ghana on behalf of the Church.