Akataniase, Jeninso Pupils and residents appeal to government for infrastructure support
Akataniase Traditional council and Jeninso Traditional council in the Amansie West District of the Ashanti Region are lamenting about the dilapidated state of the Akataniase-Jeninso Primary school.
According to them, the situation is affecting their academic activities as school automatically closes when rains loom due to the leaky roofings.
The Akataniase-Jeninso Primary school which serves two communities established about a century ago has never seen any renovation. Some of the classroom block is fast deteriorating and almost becoming a death trap.
Its roof has completely damaged with several sections leaking when it rains. Academic activities are often disrupted during the rainy season.
“At times when we are in the classroom and it is about to rain, because of the damage to the roofing sheets, the teachers close for us to go home, that is very bad”, A class six pupil, Emmanuel Addai bewailed.
Residents of the two community began replacing the damaged roofing sheets but had to truncate the project due to lack of funds.
Class four classroom which has its roof sheets changed now serves as a shelter for those class that has their roof leaked when it’s raining during contact hours.
The Chief of Jeninso, Nana Appiah Kubi explained that contributions for the renovation project were not forthcoming due to the economic situation.
The school’s student population of about one thousand is also faced with a lack of furniture.
Parents who can afford, provide tables and chairs for their children, while those from deprived homes are left to their faith.
These underprivileged pupils end up sitting on broken woods during studies. Others sit on tables or benches while they write in books placed on their laps.
This sitting posture may affect their spines and hurt their health, as they strive to achieve academic excellence in a congested classroom.
Assembly member for Akataniase-Jeninso electoral area Hon Fredrick Mintah in an interview with Silver FM’s Akwadaa Nyame lament that, the students are over populated in class per GES directives which says they should not be more than 35 in class. But here, some class has about 75 while others have 85 and 90 respectively in a class.
He added that, the unavailability of an Information Communication Technology lab is affecting their study of the discipline since they don’t have the opportunity to practice what they have been thought in theory.
Hon Mintah added that, several attempts to get relevant intuition to renovate the structure have proved futile.
Hon Fredrick Mintah 0550346899
Nana Appiah Kubi 0244545743
Nana Owusu Ababio 0540393569
By Akwadaa Nyame@Silverfm
