The students who were three, two girls and a boy were interrogated in the bushes between Wa Bamahu and Kpongu, two communities within Wa.
The male student who was found on top of the tree explained that his school teacher asked them to bring sticks for gardening and as a result they had to come to the bush to climb trees and cut them.
Checks proved schools have not resumed yet and would be resuming on the 18th of January 2022 so the probability of a teacher asking them to get sticks maybe untrue.
Meanwhile it’s also possible teachers have been tasking students to cut trees and branches for gardens, a development that has defeated the afforestation agenda.
In Parts of Upper West, some teachers are fond of tasking students to cut parts of trees for gardening, some of these children in the process are exposed to reptiles such as snakes and scorpions which can hurt them in the process, some other students are tasked to carry stones together, an act that also exposes students to reptiles.
The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources headed by Hon. Samuel Abu Jinapor had Initiated a project to plant over 2 million trees across the country.
The Upper West Region was entitled to 100,000 trees.
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