Pupils of the Amoam-Achiase Junior High School in the Ejisu/Juabeng Municipality of the Ashanti Region, have been relocated to the Chief’s palace in the area to carry out their academic activities due to inadequate classrooms.
[ads1]School authorities have warned the overcrowding in the school’s classrooms will worsen if immediate attention is not given to the situation.
Congestion in the classrooms, which has been the major challenge facing the school, has left authorities with no option than to use the Chief’s palace in the area as an improvised classroom for the pupils.
Enrollment at the school, which was the first public school to be built in the area, is over 200 pupils.
Assistant head teacher of the school, Frank Boateng, said the situation is gradually affecting academic activities.
According to him, over sixty (60) pupils occupy a classroom, adding that this affects teaching and learning.
“There are about 240 students occupying four classrooms, which is impossible, and we have been having problems with congestion. So we pleaded with Nananom [Chiefs] and they gave the Palace to us to use as classrooms. The problem is next academic year in September we are going to face the same problem of congestion,” he lamented.
Some of the pupils who shared similar sentiments say the overcrowding in the school can be addressed if authorities complete an abandoned classroom block.
Work has stalled on a 6-unit classroom block which was started ten years ago.
The Get Fund project which was built to ease the congestion in the school, has been abandoned.
Opinion leaders in the community have contributed to the development of the school by providing amenities like places of convenience.
Unit Committee Secretary for the Amoam-Achiase electoral area, Kojo Nyame, said efforts to get the abandoned classroom block completed have not been successful.
“The Unit Committee Members together with the Assembly member recently went to the Municipal Assembly to get the authorities complete the building for the school. We were told that the project was from Get Fund and they could not do anything about it. We have made several follow ups, but to no avail,” he indicated.
Amoam-Achiase Kyidomhene, Nana Ohemeng Manu, wants the government to intervene.
“The congestion situation has brought a lot of challenges to the school. The classrooms are usually overcrowded so the pupils had to be relocated to the Chief’s palace which is not meant for academic purpose. Now we can’t hold our usual meetings because of the situation. We are appealing for an immediate intervention from the Government”, he appealed.
Authorities fear the situation could worsen in the next academic year if it is not immediately addressed.
Source: citinewsroom.com/Ghana
