The National Lottery Authority (NLA) on Monday presented a cheque of GH? 5,000 to the Bawku Senior High School to enable the school?s management procure a set of computers for its computer library.
The school has a computer laboratory built by the Ghana government but it has not been equipped to adequately cater for students? Information Communication Technology (ICT) needs, hence the school?s management request to NLA for the support.
The Upper East Regional Sales Manager of NLA, Mr Ebenezer Donkor, who presented the cheque to the Headmaster of the school at a brief ceremony in the school, indicated that the gesture was part of the NLA?s social responsibility to society and said it was the Authority?s hope to do more to improve on students? knowledge in ICT.
He said the request touched the heart of management of the Authority to act quickly because the NLA envisaged ICT as a major tool for development in the nearest future as the world embraced technology in its general form.
Mr Donkor told the staff and students of the school that the NLA would continue to offer support to schools and other needy educational institutions where its finances can cater for and added that the NLA has over the years played these philanthropic roles all geared at making less endowed and needy institutions active in improving students? wellbeing.
He said the NLA is a major contributor to the country?s internally generated funds meant for the development of social infrastructure and encouraged members of the public to patronize NLA games because, funds from NLA games supported in refilling the country?s purse even when patrons do not win.
Mr Donkor used the opportunity to advise members of the public not to patronize ?banker-to-banker lottery? operatives because their activities were illegal and said monies accrued by these operatives only enriched few individuals at the expense of the state.
The Headmaster of the school, Mr Bismarck Kpuli receiving the cheque expressed gratitude to management of NLA for the gesture and said the gift had come at the right time when ICT would soon be made an examinable subject at the Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (SSCE) level.
He recounted how ill-equipped the school?s computer laboratory has been over the years and said the gift would boost ICT learning in the school in spite of other difficulties the school has been grappling with in recent times.
Mr Kpuli mentioned inadequate water supply to the school as the school?s population including students, teaching and administrative staff has increased over the years with the same water supply capacity and appealed to other philanthropic individuals and organizations to come to the aid of the school.
A student of the school, Master Edward Ndebilla Ayaaba thanked the management of the NLA for the gesture and called on government to assist the school equip the ICT laboratory to enable it meet the ever growing technology need in computer science.
GNA
