Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has assured that all E-blocks in the country will be operational soon.
This follows public outrage from the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), some stakeholders in the education industry, and civil society organisations (CSOs), among others, that the government had abandoned the E-blocks.
According to the minister, the government is currently building dormitories as additional facilities in all the E-block schools.
Dr Adutwum disclosed this while speaking at the launch of the Blueprint Career Guidance Manual.
He emphasised that it would be prudent to make E-blocks and dormitories operational in order to accommodate students from outlying areas.
“You will hear the NDC say we started the E-blocks and they [NPP] abandoned them and Ghanaians will be saying that it is not politicians’ money but that is not true because we have not abandoned the E-blocks.
“In fact, in some communities, you cannot open the E-blocks if you don’t add dormitories and so we are doing that,” he said.
During the 2012 electioneering period, Mr Mahama promised to build 200 new Community Day SHSs in under-served communities across the country to enhance access to education.
However, the Mahama administration failed to complete all 200 Senior High Schools before the end of 2016, constructing about 46 school blocks before leaving office.
In February 2019, the then Education Minister Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh revealed that 21 more of the Community Day SHS projects had been completed since President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo took office in 2017.
But the NDC Flagbearer insists the project has been abandoned, with many completed schools falling into gentle ruin.