Qatar Charity has inaugurated the new "Khalifa School" in the city of Tamale, northern Ghana, aiming to ease the hardships of hundreds of students in a region facing severe poverty and a lack of educational and healthcare infrastructure.
The project is part of Qatar Charity's ongoing humanitarian efforts to support educational infrastructure and empower students and teachers worldwide.
Khalifa School comprises three classrooms, an administrative office, a dining room, a library, and sanitation facilities. It accommodates about 150 students and was built to engineering standards designed to ensure its sustainability for decades to come.
In rural Ghana and some impoverished urban areas, students face significant challenges accessing classroom seats due to overcrowding, with class sizes often exceeding normal limits. This has forced some students to drop out due to the lack of seating.
School principal Ibrahim Yakubu stressed that Tamale urgently needs more classrooms to accommodate new students and reintegrate dropouts, whose numbers are rising daily. He noted that severe overcrowding negatively impacts the quality of education and increases dropout risks.
Idris Rahima, a member of the Parents and Teachers' Committee, expressed his happiness at the school's opening. He said overcrowded classrooms in the area sometimes hold up to 90 students, forcing teachers to seat some children on the floor. "The new Khalifa School has given us renewed hope for quality and dignified education," he said.
Qatar Charity's intervention in Ghana's education sector through the construction of Khalifa School is part of a broader series of educational projects supported by generous donors in Qatar.
