Herbalist sets up school

Akuma (B/A), Oct. 31, GNA - Nana Adonteng Poku, a 51 year-old herbalist, at Akuma, in the Nkoranza South District of Brong Ahafo, has offered to educate to the younger generation in the area free of charge. The Nana Adonteng Poku International School, which he started two years ago, has 410 pupils in kindergarten up to class three, and a workforce of 13, made up of eight teaching staff and five non-teaching staff. The herbalist told the Ghana news Agency at Akuma on Saturday that, he had provided seven classrooms and a bus to convey the children from their homes to the school. Nana Adonteng said he established the school as his contribution to the national crusade to check streetism among children of school-going age in the community. He said a number of children in the area were often seen loitering during school hours and therefore decided to set up the school to educate them.

Apart from paying GHP 0.50 for feeding, parents do not pay any other fee for their children in the school. "I have been managing the school without requesting the parents of the children to pay school fees and what they only pay is GHP 0.50 (50 Pesewas) for feeding daily", he said. With the growing pupil population in the school, the herbalist said he had decided to purchase another bus for them and appealed to parents to invest their little resources in the education of their children. Nana Adonteng called on philanthropists, non-governmental organisations and well-to-do individuals in Nkoranza South to support the children's upkeep.