GETFund to complete College of Health hostel project

The government has taken steps to complete a hostel project left abandoned for more than 10 years at the Kintampo College of Health and Well-Being.

Mr. George Kumi Kyeremeh, an official of the Health Ministry, said the project to house female students, would be funded from the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund).

Addressing the maiden alumni home-coming event of the college at Kintampo, he said Tropical Architects Consult, a Ghanaian architectural consultancy firm, has been engaged to supervise the job.

He did not, however, tell how much would be involved, except to say that the firm would liaise with the Brong-Ahafo Regional Coordinating Council to award the project on contract and ensure that it was delivered on schedule.

The announcement comes as a refreshing piece of news given the severe accommodation problem facing the college.

The two-day home-coming meeting, organized by the Management of the college, was meant to create an opportunity for the past students to acquaint themselves with the current state of affairs and identify ways they could help to make things better for their alma mater.

It was also to adequately inform them about the proposed upgrading of the school into a university college.

Mr. Isaac Azindow, the acting Principal, complained about inadequate infrastructure, describing this, as a major constraint.

He pointed out that only 450 students out of its student population in excess of 2,300 were currently housed on campus with the rest in private facilities.

He said apart from the fact that some of the private hostels were unsuitable, there was an added downside – financial and social exploitation of the students

Mr. Azindow announced that through its own internally-generated revenue, it had started building a nine three-bedroom apartment to accommodate the tutors, and said the project was now at the roofing stage.

The decision to provide decent accommodation for teaching staff, he said, was to help attract more qualified tutors and invited the alumni to support the project.