A thirty thousand Ghana Cedi community library and learning centre was inaugurated on Wednesday at Mumford in the Central Region.
The library project was initiated by the education committee of the town.
The community provided the building, books for Africa Project, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) donated the books whilst Mumford citizens in Italy and Mr. Jeff a British and his wife Charlotte Obiri, a Mumford citizen donated computers for the learning centre which is attached to the library.
Speaking at the ceremony, Mr. Kirl Bromley, an American who established the NGO with his Ghanaian wife, Hilda, said the Mumford library was the 44th to be supported by the project in Ghana.
Mr. Bromley also known as Nana Kwaku Yeboah, Nkosuohene of Wamanafo in the Brong Ahafo Region advised pupils of Mumford to spend just one hour everyday to read at the library and they would see a great difference in their academic performance within on a shot period.
"Train your brain through reading", he advised.
Mrs. Alice Addae Yeboah, a consultant and a member of the education committee debunked the assertion that well-educated women could not produce children and admonished girls not to hurry to get married but to focus on their education.
Mrs Yeboah urged parents not to make Junior High School the terminal point of the education of their children but to strive to support them to the university level.
Mr. Daniel Boafo, Assistant Director of Education who represented Mrs Beatrice Lokko, Gomoa West District Director said lack of community and school libraries accounted for the falling standard of education in many parts of the country.
Very Reverend Emmanuel Churcher, a Superintendent Minister of the Afienya Methodist Church and a member of the education committee advised pupils to be more interested in reading than watching television.
He urged them to let the library and the learning centre make a difference in the results of the Basic Education Certificate Examination.
Mr. Kwame Oppong, Director at the office of the Central Region Coordinating Council who stood in for the Regional Minister, Mrs Ama Benyiwa-Doe expressed regret that the region which used to be the citadel of education in the past was now trailing behind other regions.
He advised teachers and parents to encourage pupils to patronize the facilities.
Mr. David Ghartey Tagoe, Director of the Winneba Community FM Radio Station cautioned the people against making the library and the learning centre, a white elephant.