Thursday, March 27

AKOME SECONDARY TECHNICAL IN A DEPLORABLE STATE



 
some of the students gathered
Akome secondary technical school in the Ho west district of the Volta region is in a deplorable state, making teaching and learning very challenging for students and teachers.
The school of a population of over 500 lacks number of facilities such as accommodation for students and teachers, dining hall, potable water and laboratory.
Madam Edna Azameti who took over office barely few days noted the absence of such basic amenities has become an affront to effective teaching and learning in the school. She cited a case where female students in the dilapidated dormitory sleep 10 in each of the single rooms with the house mistress sharing one of the rooms with them. She said the situation gets worse in the male dormitory as the male students are overcrowded with their trunks and chop box occupying the same space. Madam Azameti said though the school runs a course in home economics, there is no department to have teachers adequately equipped to train the students. Some teachers who shared their challenges disclosed government was carrying out three projects in the school. A 6-unit classroom block, an administration block and a 2 storey dormitory for the boys were to be constructed but have been abandoned for so many years. The school prefects of Akome Secondary Technical School Master Kedze Philp and Miss Amedey Mercy said, for fear of their lives teachers always close down the school whenever it is about raining. The fear that that the dilapidated mud classroom block might collapse during the rains compels teachers to close down the school each time is about raining and this according to the prefects affects academic works.
The headmistress on behalf of the school pleaded with government to expedite actions to complete these projects.
These challenges came to light when a delegation from Friends Of John Tumaku And Associate a non governmental organization committed to creating educational and social needs of children in the Volta region donated a set of text books to the school. The founder and president of the group Mr John tumaku said there was a growing concern about the falling standards of education in the region and that there was the need to do more to salvage the situation. He said Friends Of John Tumaku and associate was committed to creating educational and social development opportunities for children in selected deprived communities in the region and called on well wishers to join hands to push this agenda. He pleaded with the teachers to wholeheartedly sacrifice in making sure that the children have the necessary support to enable them have the best to become responsible citizens.

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