Work begins on Accra Academy library

WORK has commenced on the construction of a modern library block for the Accra Academy Senior High School .
The ultra-modern facility, which will also contain an administration block, is a project funded by the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFUND), at a provisional cost of GHC520,000.
Speaking at a sod-cutting ceremony for the project, the Managing Director of Patriq Green Limited, the contracting firm, Mr Patrick Quainoo, said the facility, when completed would contribute to the development of the nation, by producing more prominent leaders.
He assured the board of the school, teachers and students that the facility to be built will be a 21st century library to accommodate a large number of students and generations yet unborn.
 He expressed gratitude to the board of the school for awarding the contract to  him and urged the students to make good use of the facility .
The fourth headmaster of the school, Mr Vincent Birch Freeman, appealed to the students to cultivate the habit of reading, to enable them excel academically, adding that “the more you read, the more you gain more knowledge to do extremely well”.
He advised that the library, when completed, be manned by a professional librarian, and not an ordinary teacher.
Mr Freeman also called on the school authorities to ensure the maintenance of the facility, and to make sure that the students, as well, make good use of the library to make the school the best school in West Africa.
An alumni of the school, Mr Ben C. Eghan, also expressed his joy over the construction of the new library, since according to him, the old one that had been there since he was a student in the 1960s, was a very small one that could not contain a large  number of students at a time.
He called on the alumni of the school, to contribute their quota to the development of the school and the nation at large.
The headmaster of the school, Mr Samuel Ofori-Adjei, said the facility, when completed, would make the school one of the top schools in Africa and would help it to improve its current standard.