By
Opesika Tetteh Puplampu GNA
Anyamam (GAR), Feb. 24, GNA – The Anyamam Community School
building in the Ada West District of the Greater Accra Region is in dire need
of renovation and expansion as it has become a death trap.
The school, which
roof was ripped off during a rain storm in 2017, is replaced with palm fronds so pupils are compelled to
abandon classes for safety elsewhere when it rains.
The Ghana News
Agency observed that the students had
put wood planks over stacked
cement blocks and used as desks.
Some puplis sat on
the bare floor, others on a block while others bent over to write on the
improvised desks.
Parents had
expressed worry at the situation at a
Parent Teacher Association (PTA) meeting were they revealed that due to the
lack of space, between 60 to 80 pupils were forced to learn in one class.
Mr Philip Sai,
Assembly Member for Anyamam electoral area, called for an immediate
intervention from the Assembly, organizations and individuals to save the
situation saying, the conditions at the school were negatively affecting
teaching and learning.
“We have 60, 80
and even in some cases, 90 students in a class especially the JHS, which is a
threat to education and so I will together with the elders and community
members start the expansion as soon as possible, ” he said.
Nene Raymond
Abayateye II, Chief Fisherman of Anyamam and Chairman for the Greater Accra
Regional Canoe Fishermen Association, said his outfit was considering using
part of the 53 per cent of income generated from the premix fuel to renovate
the school and also build toilet facilities for the sub-communities along the
coast.
“Every project
you see in our community here is done by ourselves before the government
sometimes comes in and so we are up to it again,” he said
GNA