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Sierra Leone’s Chief Minister, David Sengeh handed over a new primary school classroom structure in Loppa Dama Town, Kenema District on Saturday, December 14.
During the ceremony, Sengeh emphasized the importance of the new structure. “The old structure that these kids used was built in 1957,” he said. “Dama didn’t have an examination centre before until we gave them one.”
He added that pupils of the school used to walk over 12 miles to write exams but with the new structure that will not occur again.
“They needed a junior secondary school, and I approved one for them,” the Chief Minister said. “Today, their children can take their BECE exam.”
During the ceremony, the people of the town expressed gratitude for the new structure and further asked the government to construct their road for connectivity.
The new structure was constructed at the Roman Catholic Primary school and is part of 50 schools and 261 furnished classrooms under the Free Quality Education Project which was launched during President Julius Maada Bio’s first term in office. The project which is financed by the World Bank, European Union, UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and Irish Aid aims to provide access to conducive classrooms and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) facilities in selected schools across the country.
