TOR PRESENTS CHEMISTRY BOOKS TO 6 SCHOOLS (DAILY GRAPHIC, JUNE 13, BACK PAGE)

Six senior high schools in the Tema metropolis have each received a set of nine volumes of chemistry books valued at GH¢ 10,200 from the Tema Oil Refinery ( TOR ).
Beneficiary schools were the Tema Senior High School, Methodist Day Senior High School , Tema Manhean Secondary Technical School, OLAMS Senior High School , Ashaiman Senior High School and the Chemu Senior High School .
The Managing Director of TOR, Dr Kwame Ampofo, who did the presentation said there was the need to equip students with skills which would in future yield great benefits to the nation .
He was of the view that as a nation with prospects in oil mining, chemistry was very important to help students develop interest in the subject .
Dr Ampofo noted that the nation’s development depended solely on the youth hence the need to give them all the support to prepare them towards the future .
He urged the school authorities to ensure that the books were put to good use.
The Headmaster of the Tema Manhean Secondary Technical School,Mr Joseph Amuah, who received the books on behalf of the schools, was most grateful to the management and staff of TOR for the kind gesture .
He said Chemistry was one of the important subjects in the school curriculum and, therefore, it was important to have books to make the students conversant with the subject.
Mr Amuah gave the assurance that the books would be made available to the students to ensure that they achieved the needed results.