By Ebenezer Zor
Eduosia D/A Basic School can be found in Asikuma-Odoben
Brakwa District in the Central Region of Ghana. The school established
in 1958 was made of mud walls, roofed with thatch raffia by the
community and later taken over by the government in 1963.
After the government took over, the thatch roofs were replaced with iron sheets on the existing structure.
Unfortunately
the structure started dilapidating some years back until we realise it
has become dangerous for teaching and learning resulting in a
combination of two classes of pupils in the same room. To be as plain as
a +pikestaff this is making teaching and learning tricky.
Staying
with that it may interest you to know that kindergarten 1 and 2 pupils
are sharing one classroom and the same can be said of primary 2 and 3
pupils. Frankly the staffs of the school have made frantic efforts to
solicit for help from all corners to get to the bottom of this sticky
situation.
As matter of fact their hard work yielded some results
to the extent of governments, District Chief Executives (DCEs), some
members of parliaments, organisations likewise individuals donating
items in the form of bags of cements, iron rods, woods, roofing sheets
just to mention a few to deal with the circumstance.
Their efforts
are well-noted. However the picture above clearly shows the uncompleted
kindergarten 1 and 2 classrooms started by the Parents and Teachers
Association (PTA) in conjunction with the community folks to avoid
continuous congestion of pupils in one classroom. The work has come to a
standstill due to lack of support.
Truly this condition is
contributing to ineffective teaching and poor performance among the
pupils both in and out of the school.
As matter of urgency, we
need more support from benevolent bodies, corporate entities,
stakeholders, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO's) and others to come to
our aid.
