By Daniel Agbesi Latsu
Kadjebi (O/R), Dec. 19, GNA – The District Chief Executive of Kadjebi, Dr Sam Issaka Suraj, has described the incidence of open defaecation in some district classrooms as alarming and detrimental to safe and effective education delivery.
He said the practice, which he described as a common phenomenon in some schools, undermined efforts to provide a safe and healthy learning environment for pupils and teachers.
Dr Suraj made the disclosure at the Third Ordinary Meeting of the Second Session of the Eighth Assembly of the Kadjebi District Assembly held in the Oti Region.
“This is not a palatable issue at all, and it does not speak well of us as a district,” he said, urging Assembly Members to help nip the canker in the bud before it escalated.
The DCE charged members to work closely with community stakeholders, particularly School Management Committees (SMCs) and Parent-Teacher Associations (PTAs), to address the sanitation challenge in schools.
He also called for the formation of community watchdog committees to monitor school facilities and deter the practice, stressing that collective responsibility was key to resolving the problem.
“Let us fight this canker head-on. We cannot sit back and allow such practices to continue in our classrooms,” Dr Suraj stressed.
Contributing to the discussion, Mr Anthony Ahiable, Presiding Member of the Assembly, urged Assembly Members to hold regular town hall meetings to discuss sanitation and other development challenges.
He also encouraged members to share decisions taken at Assembly meetings with their electorates to enhance transparency and public understanding of Assembly work.
GNA reports on December 2 and 10 highlighted incidents involving the spraying and wrapping of faeces and cola nuts in classrooms at Dzindziso E.P. JHS and Dzindziso D/A JHS, leading to their closure by the Kadjebi District Directorate of the Ghana Education Service.
GNA
Edited by Maxwell Awumah /Audrey Dekalu