About the Bishop Forson School Complex

Overall Goals of Pagus:Africa in association with the Bishop Forson School Complex:

To assist the school in providing a quality education to children from Pre K-8 in this region.
To provide services for needy children in the community. These include housing and care, food, medical services, and a quality education.
To foster a caring community focused on service and possibility. A big part of the curriculum includes focus on how children give back to their communities and the importance of self-reliance and personal responsibility. It is our belief that this focus can have a profound and lasting impact.
To promote community awareness and inspire parents of school children to contribute to continual improvement of their school.
To assist the school to be economically viable for the future.

School Background :The Bishop Forson School Complex opened in 2003 with six teachers and eight pupils. Today the school provides a quality education to more than 250 children who live in the rural and deprived communities in the Kpando District along the Volta Lake. 20 of these children currently live on campus in a newly constructed boarding facility, many of them orphaned.

The school was founded by Rev. Forson Glover, who grew up in a rural community and faced many challenges in his quest for an education.

ENROLLMENT

STAFF: There are 21 teachers and 9 non-teaching staff members..

PUPILS: There are 246 pupils in the school.

CURRICULUM:

Subjects taught include the Ghana Education Service’s (GES) curriculum for Basic Schools modified by the Pedagogical Department of the school to suit both local (National) and foreign (International) pupils. The school places great emphasis in French, English, Mathematics and Science as well as the performing arts.

TIME TABLE AND ACADEMIC CALENDAR

Classes start at 8:00 am and finish at 2:15 pm including two recreational periods which last for 20 and 30 minutes respectively for stages 1-6. The pre-school department runs a separate time table that suits teaching and learning at that level.

There are three terms of four months in each academic year. Mid-term holidays in each term last for three days only.

1st term: September – December / 2nd term: January - April / 3rd term: May - August

INFRASTRUCTURE

The school operates on six acres of land and has 15 more acres for expansion and other development related projects. WE recently added a boarding facility for up to 60 children that allows children from across the lake to attend school and to take in additional orphans and abused children.

The school blocks include Sigward (Pre-school block), Phanuel (The Basic School Block), the Junior Secondary School Block (J.S.S.),that houses the library and the Computer Lab. Electricity was installed in June 2007.

Meals are prepared for all the school children and their teachers. Farming projects are underway to help keep costs affordable.

WATER

A poly tank, and other containers have been provided for the storage of clean water for cooking and drinking. Plans and preliminary funding is in place to drill a bore hole in Fall 2009.

HEALTH:

Children learn the importance of good hygiene. First Aid is given to pupils who are ill. If the situation is beyond First Aid, they are referred to the nearest clinic or hospital in Kpando which is about 7km from the school. In 2009 a small infirmity was added. TRANSPORTATION: Thanks to the generosity of our donors and Hapag Lloyd, we were been able send a beautiful bus to the school for the 2007-08 term!

If you are a sponsor and want to write to your child, the mailing address is:

Bishop Forson School Complex
Private Mail Bag 11
Kpando - Torkor, Volta Region
Ghana, W. Africa

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