Asesewa A. D/A School Children Study under Death Trap.

Asesewa A. D/A  School Children Study under Death Trap.

The pupils of Asesewa A, District Assembly Basic School in the Upper Manya Krobo of the Eastern Region are currently learning under palm branches shed.

The harsh conditions under which the pupils learn is discouraging parents from enrolling their children of school going age for fear of endangering their lives.

The Teachers are also compelled to close early when the clouds gather as the school population battle with all kinds of reptiles to acquire knowledge.

The school which was established in 2005 by the community members is under distress. The Asesewa A. D/A Junior High School ever it's establishement has never seen any major renovation and this has moved the children from death trap building to uncompleted building in the area.

This has affected effective teaching and learning activities in the school. The school structure from KG to JHS 3 is in tatters with dusty floors exposing teachers and pupils to harsh weather conditions and infections.

The nature of the school structure is demoralizing teachers anytime they set foot into the classrooms, the headmaster of the school, Mr Johnson Anim Olympio speaking with Alrich24newsgh.com news reporter Apelete Kofi-Michel, on the condition of school building siad, woefully inadequate teaching and learning materials including text books is also a major worry to the teachers.

He said, the school has no computer lab for ICT practicals but writes examination on the ICT subject. 

"Also, the school has rented a room outside the school premises where to keep teaching and learning materials with a monthly payments of 10 Ghana cedis and now increased to 20 Ghana cedis", he said.

He added that, all teachers in the school are not happy when they come to school due to the state of the building and structure which poses serious danger in their lives and the children.

Some of the teachers don’t want to teach in the school due to the deplorable nature of the school building.

Currently the school has a population of 400 pupils. The headmaster therefore appealed to the government and other organizations to come to their aid immediately.

He explained that, whenever they come to school in morning condoms everywhere in the classrooms, which he believes the boys in the town has taken the classrooms as their sexual enhancement room, which is not helping the children when they see such kind of things in their classrooms.

Some of the students  also appealed to the government and other philanthropists to come to their aid before something bad happens to them.

They added that, they don't have toilet facility in the school, no text books, no computer lab in the school, they are in difficult times and they need a savior.

The MP for the area, Honourable Bismark Tetteh Nyarko, also indicated that, he has made a move to acquire a land to relocate the school but due to the delay of the release of common fund for the process is not helping.

He added that, the school which was established in 2005 has no access road to the school but assured that relocation would be best option for the children education.

He therefore however stated that, the Asesewa A. D/A have challenges including lack of better infrastructures that contribute to make teaching and learning difficult and unattractive will do his best to resolve the situation.

Story by Kofi Michel.