The Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) says it has completed 3,077 infrastructure projects at the basic to tertiary levels since 2017.
The Fund completed 1,608 basic education projects, 1,298 Senior High School projects, 153 tertiary projects, 16 e-blocks, two TVET centers, and two model schools.
Isaac Asiedu-Odei, Head of Public Relations at GETFund, announced this on Tuesday at the National Education Week in Accra.
The event was held under the theme “The Education Transformation Agenda: Evidence From 2017.”
He said the government was constructing five training centers for the Commission for Technical, Vocational Education and Training.
The contracts were signed in September 2018, and work on two of the projects—Pakyi Number One and Anyinam—is nearing full completion and handover.
Two more sites, Akomadan and Assin Jakai, are at various stages of completion.
Mr. Asiedu-Odei said each of the five TVET centers is a state-of-the-art complex, comprising fully equipped classrooms, laboratories, workshops, and staffrooms.
On scholarships, he said the Fund had increased the number of local scholarships from over 300 in 2016 to 5,026 in 2023/2024.
The Head of Public Relations said GETFund had, over the past 15 years, supported scholars pursuing various programs at both local and foreign institutions.
In its lifetime, the Fund has sponsored over 16,000 scholars at both local and foreign educational institutions.
Mr. Asiedu-Odei said 2,718 vehicles were distributed to various agencies and institutions under the Ministry of Education between 2019 and 2021.
He also mentioned that a total of 677,470 furniture items had been distributed to basic and secondary schools between 2019 and 2021.
Mr. Asiedu-Odei stressed that the Fund would continue to adhere to its mandate of providing financial support to the agencies and institutions under the Ministry of Education.
Source: GNA