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The Finance Minister Seth Terkper has announced that five of the promised 50 schools in the community day Senior High School (SHS) project will be completed by the end of August.

He also revealed that the remaining 45 schools are set to be ready in February next year.

According to the Finance Minister, the schools set to be completed in August include the ones at Nyanoa, near Adeiso in the Upper West Akyem District of the Eastern Region, the krachie Nchumuru District in the Volta Region, Dema in the Tano South District of the Brong Ahafo Region, the Bunkpurugu Yonyoo district in the Northern Region and Bameako in the Nzema East – projects which begun in March 2015.

“In Fulfillment of government’s promise, the phases of the 50 community day SHS programme involving the construction of four-storey 24-unit classroom blocks or E-blocks in 50 districts are at various stages of completion.

Five of the projects listed below are scheduled to be completed by the end of August 2015. These include Dema in the Tano South District of the Brong Ahafo Region, Nyanoa in the upper West Akyem district in the Eastern Region, the Bunkpurugu Yonyoo district in the Northern Region, Chinderi in the Krachi district of the Volta Region and Bameako in the Nzema East district,” he said.

“The remaining 45 projects which were started in September 2014 are scheduled for completion in February 2016. The second phase of the 50 schools has been awarded for completion within 50 months,” Terkper added.