The Headmaster of Tikrom M/A JHS in the Ejisu Juaben municipal in the Ashant Region has threatened to close down their school because residents in the area defecate in the classrooms.
Because the area does not have enough public toilet, the residents have thus resorted to using uncompleted school blocks used by the students of the Tikrom M/A JHS as toilet.
Mr Agyeman Yeboah the headmaster of the school in an interview with Silver Fm's Akwadaa Nyame said some of their teachers have refused to teach because of the stench.
“Our classrooms are uncompleted,have no window's and doors so open defecation is going on nicely here on regular basis, anytime we come in the morning we will find human excreta dotted in the classrooms and our black boards it is an eye sore and disheartening to see students in their uniforms trying to clean and scrub the classrooms before they begin Classes.”
He added that, “the teachers who is fed up over the issue has refused to use the classroom and now teaches the children under the tree on the compound because of the stench emanating from the Classroom.”
Hon Stella Oduro Boateng, Assembly member of the area, said she will report the issue to the assembly for final solutions and appeal to the government and individuals to come to their aid by providing them with new school block to replace the old one which has become a death trap and can collapsed anytime.
She said “any time teachers come to school they are greeted with toilet. How on earth can these innocent children be cleaning waste done by others?”
“This is really affecting teaching and learning activities, we are going to have a meeting with the community members on this issue and if it continues after the meeting then we do not have any option than to close down the school and take the teachers away because this thing has been going on for more than a year now so If we close down the school for a week the community will sit up.”
Meanwhile the students have presented a petition to the assembly member in the area but when they went to their Chief palace to present their petition, they were sacked by the Krontihene of the town threatened to have them arrested if they did leave his palace. The Krontihene of Tikrom who believes is a wrong form of protest said the assembly is responsible to provide the residents with public toilets and school building.
“We are aware the classrooms are not the best but it is not prerogative of the Tikrom Traditional council to provide them with security or new school block but rather the district assembly so if they are protesting against them then this is a wrong protest,” he added.
You can call the Assembly member Hon Stella oduro Boateng on 0200948488/ 0458641158
Headmaster of the school Mr Agyeman Yeboah 0243264479
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