The people of Tisoonteng have appealed for the provision of immediate infrastructure to aid teaching and learning at Tisoonteng Basic School in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District of the Savannah Region.
They said the safety of the pupils and teachers in the school could not be guaranteed, as academic work was conducted in an old ramshackle building which had become a death trap.
In an interview with Yagbon News, an opinion leader in the community said the structure, exposes the pupils and their teachers to danger since it could collapse any moment.
The only facility serving as a school for the community is a shed improvised as a three classroom structure without furniture.
Other challenges include the lack of basic educational materials which had greatly affected academic activities.
“In this day and era, pupils in my community sit on cement blocks with wooden slabs on them. Even the shed on which they study was provided by the community”, he said adding that several appeals to the Assembly and government had fallen on deaf ears.
The opinion leader said because of the poor educational infrastructure in the community, some residents preferred to send their children to school in Sawla, where there were better facilities.
The situation, he said was promoting absenteeism, teenage pregnancies and affecting the morale of teachers and pupils as well.
The people in the community are therefore calling on the government and philanthropic organisations to help address the challenges impeding effective teaching and learning in the school.
Source: yagbonradioonline
