Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, the minister of education, has stated that the government is prepared to build a new school building in the neighbourhood where the eight students who perished while travelling to school drowned.
The minister claims that the action is a component of measures to solve the catastrophe that befell the natives of Atikagome around a week ago.
Speaking on the Ghanaian television station GTV, he emphasised the need of giving children's safety top priority.
He said that the government is dedicated to achieving that goal, which is why preparations are being made to build a suitable school building for the neighborhood's young students that will also serve as a monument for their deceased coworkers.
"I've instructed that I'll follow through on the regional minister's pledge to construct a school in the neighbourhood where the kids were coming from so they won't have to travel there.
"We have a framework in place for emergency procurement. We need PPA clearance as soon as possible so that we may erect the building in honour of the kids we lost, according to Dr. Adutwum.
It should be remembered that eight schoolchildren perished in the Volta Lake approximately a week ago after the boat they were riding in capsized.
The victims were among 20 students travelling by boat from Atikagome to Wayokope, where their school is located, according to the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO).
However, 12 students were able to swim to safety.
According to NADMO, the eight fatalities were three girls and five boys between the ages of five and twelve.
Ibrahim Wudonyim, the Sene East District Director of NADMO, informed Graphic Online that before they arrived at the scene of the disaster, some members of the local community and Marine Police had been able to remove all eight remains from the Lake.
He described how the boat capsized midway through the event, which occurred on Tuesday, January 24, about 7:00 am.
The deceased's corpses were then transported to the fishing village of Atikagome.
The event also plunged the neighbourhood into grief, sorrow, and panic.
Following this occurrence, a group advocating for education urged the government to give life jackets to students and personnel who go by boat in island villages.
Eduwatch Africa expressed their sadness at the deaths in a statement to the families of the fallen students.
The organisation thus urged the Ghana Education Service and other pertinent parties to implement policies to prevent future catastrophes of this nature.
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