Prospectus Ghana Limited has launched an initiative dubbed EduPack that provides pre-delivered, Ghana Education Service (GES)-approved boarding essentials to senior high schools and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) schools across the country to ease the burden on parents and students during school reopening periods.
The initiative, launched in Accra on Monday, February 9, include four essential and bulky boarding items — a Mackintosh mattress, a mackintosh pillow, Provibox (plastic chop box) or trunk and a suitcase.
This seeks to ensure that students arrive at school prepared, with essential items already in place to facilitate a smooth start to the academic term, while promoting centralised school-based storage systems to enhance efficiency during reporting periods.
It is also aimed to help reduce bedbug infestations through protective packaging, improve convenience for students who often struggle with transporting multiple bulky items and lower overall costs for parents and guardians during school preparation periods.
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Prospectus Ghana Limited, an education logistics and supply solutions company, Jude Fosu Gyamfi, said the initiative also sought to create awareness among parents about a more coordinated approach to preparing their children for boarding school.
He said many parents began purchasing items when their children reached their final year at JHS, sometimes without guidance from receiving schools.
“We are creating the awareness so they know this system exists, so they don’t buy now and later realise the school already has arrangements,” he said.
Mr Gyamfi said affordability was a key consideration in the design of the programme, adding that market checks showed that the EduPack package offered low price compared to open market prices, with a free padlock for trunks and free labelling of students’ names on items and free delivery to schools.
On sustainability, the CEO said the company had partnered established organisations in manufacturing and logistics to ensure consistency in supply and delivery.
He said the company planned to establish storage points in participating schools to keep the items ahead of reporting dates.
The rollout, he said, would begin with selected schools beginning the 2026/2027 academic year and expand gradually.
“Our goal is to create a stress-free system for students and parents,” he added.
Stress-free transition
The Operations Manager of Prospectus Ghana Limited, Evie Sarpong, said the EduPack initiative was developed as a practical response to challenges families faced while preparing students for boarding school.
She explained that the programme would work with trusted manufacturers, logistics partners and financial institutions to ensure quality essential items were delivered directly to schools ahead of reporting day.
As part of the implementation, Ms Sarpong said the company was constructing centralised warehouses within participating schools to store and distribute the EduPack items efficiently.
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