NewzPresident John Mahama has pledged to continue and complete abandoned E-Block school projects across the country as part of his government’s efforts to expand educational infrastructure. He said his administration had made funds available to complete 30 of the facilities this year, signalling a renewed push to address infrastructure gaps in the education sector. President Mahama made the remarks during his ongoing tour of the Upper East Region, where he commissioned an E-Block facility as part of his engagements in the region.
“In this year’s budget, we made provision for the completion of thirty of the abandoned E-Blocks. Any project in which the government has sunk money already, and if it is not finished, it is a waste of the tax payer’s money. And so we are going to finish the E-Blocks that we started in batches,” he said.
The E-Block facilities form part of the Community Day Senior High School (CDSHS) project, which was introduced under John Mahama’s first administration to provide modern educational infrastructure and increase access to secondary education, particularly in underserved communities. According to President Mahama, completing the abandoned facilities would help expand access to quality secondary education and provide an improved learning environment for students. He expressed optimism that the completion of the 30 E-Block facilities would contribute to improving access to secondary education and help reduce pressure on existing schools.
President John Dramani Mahama has announced plans to complete 30 abandoned E-block school projects across the country as part of efforts to improve infrastructure and expand access to secondary education. Speaking at Paga in the Upper East Region on August 13, as part of his ongoing engagements with citizens across the country, President Mahama said the government had made provision in the 2026 budget to complete the abandoned projects, arguing that leaving projects on which public funds had already been spent amounted to a waste of taxpayers’ money. “Any project into which government has sunk money already, if you don’t finish it, it is a waste of the taxpayers’ money.” He said the Paga Senior High School was among the abandoned E-block projects selected for completion and had now been transformed into a modern educational facility.
President Mahama noted that students at the school had previously been using part of the facility under difficult conditions but would now have access to a more suitable learning environment. The children were using part of the facility in very, very terrible conditions. Today they have a very beautiful brand-new school which will improve their learning and outcome.” The President directed the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) to fast-track the provision of furniture and other equipment required for the school to operate fully.
He said completing the 30 abandoned E-block projects was part of the government’s broader commitment to ensuring that investments already made in education infrastructure were put to productive use.
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