School children in some parts of the Greater Accra Region continue to learn in hazardous and strictly uncomfortable atmosphere.
This became manifest when Atinka News visited some schools in the Ada West District of the Greater Accra Region.
Calling at a number of schools, it was stunning to meet KG Two and Class One pupils of Kportitsekorpe Basic School in the District sitting on pieces of broken Cement blocks to learn. Interestingly, some pupils even share pieces of the blocks, uncomfortably tilting their buttocks to sit in a sandy uncompleted church building.
A few of the pupils brought kitchen stools from their homes while others who could not afford stools or find pieces of blocks to sit on.
The two classes study in the same room with only one teacher catering for both classes. As the teacher takes on one class, pupils in the other class who await their turn have to play, thereby disrupting the peace of the learning class. The uncomfortable situation hinders quality teaching and learning.
In the upper primary, classes are overcrowded to the extent that pupils are at the back do not have access to an exit and therefore have to climb over the pavilion walls to go out to attend to nature's call or pass out water.
The headteacher of the school, Joseph Amatey Alimo, disclosed to Atinka News that two teachers requested for transfer, adding that four out of the woefully inadequate number of teachers have been transferred since the resumption of school this term. The development, he noted has aggravated the already disadvantaged teacher numerical strength of the school.
The Ada West District Director of Education, Cynthia Winifred Aku Gbadago who expressed worry about the development, said she would quickly convene a PTA meeting to deliberate on how parents and the directorate can address the challenges.
Ghana |Atinkaonline.com | Edward Sebbie
