Government earmarks 1.6 million school uniforms for distribution

Accra, July 7, GNA - Government has earmarked 1.6 million school uniforms for distribution to 66 deprived districts. Mr Alexander Narh Tettey-Enyo, Minister of Education made this known in Parliament on Wednesday during questions time. "The government's programme of providing school uniforms to basic schools in the country is targeted at deprived districts," he stressed. He said the Education Ministry with the help of the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, the Regional Co-ordinating Council and the District Assemblies were tasked to help identified the 66 deprived schools. Mr Tettey-Enyo said apart from the beneficiary communities, other deprived communities in each region benefited from the supply of 2,000 pieces of uniforms while a total of 340,000 uniforms were supplied to basic schools nationwide.