Friday, September 12, 2008


Roman Girls Nursing College, located at Mampong street, served a population of 2101 students (December 2000). In May 1999, a demographics report was completed and boundary adjustments were made. Mr. Francis Addae heads the college. The College was built in 1990, prior to the start of construction of the new School. Like the former Lincoln College which recently reopened after extensive renovations and addition work, its original design was functionally different from what is required for today's elementary college programs. The building also suffered severe flooding problems in recent years which caused the building to be closed for several days. Plans for the new building call for complete demolition of the structure and construction of a new 516 square foot building begun.In March 2000, Tapped Associates of Mampong was engaged as the architects for the project.


Their first step was to begin discussions with the 12-member M /A School Building Committee, the 53-member of Roman Girls Nursing College Design Review Committee, the college faculty and staff to assess the future needs of the college. From these discussions an educational program was developed and schematic design began. Upon completion of schematic design, preliminary plans and educational specifications were approved by the M A College Committee. The design development phase of design was then completed and a grant application was submitted to the Ghana Education Service (GES) college Building Assistance (CBA) program. Under the GES's CBA program, the City of Mampong will receive 67% reimbursement from the State of total project costs. Construction plans were then finalized and the project was then placed out for public bid for construction.

The final plans call for a new school complex that will include classrooms for grades and self-contained special needs. Roman Girls Nursing College will provide 20 general classrooms and 6 additional classrooms for music, art, and physical Education (P.E). The new building will also provide a library media center and a computer classroom. When the new facility opens in September of 2002,State-of-the-art education technology will be available to students, including computers and television monitors in the school with cable TV and Internet access.


There will also be an internal LAN (local area network) and video network throughout the building but its under-construction.The new school will house a café-thorium that will seat approximately 355 students for lunch and over 400 people when used as an auditorium. A platform stage will allow the school to present theatre productions and musical events. The café-thorium will be located adjacent to the new Pula Park near Suame main entry into the building. The new facility will also include a regulation, full-sized, 600 square foot gymnasium.


The first level of the gymnasium is actually designed to be "built-into" the large slope that currently exists on the Mampong Street side of the building. There will be at-grade access into the second level of the building from Mampong Street. The new facility will also include a regulation, full-sized, 600 square foot gymnasium. The first level of the gymnasium is actually designed to be "built-into" the large slope that currently exists on the Mampong Street side of the building. There will be at-grade access into the second level of the building from Mampong Street

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The new building is being built to accommodate up to 950 students and includes two additional classrooms that will serve as flex classrooms in the event that a "bubble" in any particular grade should occur and additional classrooms are required. There will be parking on the site for 54 cars with access to the parking lot from Pula Park. As well as the first floor of the building being raised to an elevation above the current floodplain, the parking lot will also be raised to prevent any future flooding of the parking area. A new rear playground and Football park and Basketball court will be constructed and the adjoining Messengers Field, which is used for school and community activities, will be completely regarded. The current baseball field will be resurfaced to serve as a softball field.