An ultra-modern Information and Communication Technology
(ICT) laboratory has been inaugurated at the Ho Bankoe Philip-Akpo Memorial
Junior High School (JHS) in the Volta Region.
The laboratory, which can accommodate 25 people and
valued at GH¢1 million, was funded by the Chinese Embassy and equipped with
computers and a projector with full internet connection.
At a brief and colourful ceremony on Tuesday to
officially handover the facility to the school, the new Chinese Ambassador to
Ghana, Sun Baohong, said the facility showed that China would continue to
invest in projects to develop Ghana and expressed the hope that the gesture
would further deepen the cordial relationship between the two countries.
She said, “China’s foreign aid and cooperation projects
place more emphasis on improving the livelihood of people.”
She further disclosed that
the ICT laboratory is the first project in Ghana to be implemented under the ‘China-Africa
People-to-people Friendly Action’, a programme adopted at the 5th Ministerial
Conference of China-Africa cooperation forum in 2012.
The Chinese ambassador also
presented 10 footballs and 30 schoolbags to the school for deprived children
and pledged China’s continuous commitment to the development of the Volta
Region and Ghana.
