Pupils of Cherembo D/A sit on floor to take lessons

The pupils of Cherembo D/A Primary school in the Pru West District of the Bono East Region sit on the floor to be taught in their various classes.

Soireenews visited the Cherembo community to ascertain the teaching and learning processes in the area only to find out that the school has only two (2) teachers who manage the nursery to primary six (6).

Mr Lansah Asumang John,  the Headteacher of the school on a tour with Soireenews Upper West regional correspondent, Abdul Samed exposed that three (3) nursery classes have been combined with primary one (1), two (2) and three (3) into one class.

According to him, the school lacks infrastructures to accommodate pupils in separate classes, a situation he revealed is hampering teaching and learning.

“It is difficult to teach a separate class unless you ask the other pupils to leave and probable playing outside before lessons can go on. So if you want to teach primary one (1) then you have to ask the nursery and P2 and 3 to leave the class to play outside” he narrated.

The Headteacher further informed that everything about the school is outmoded and construction of new blocks is required to accommodate students in the Cherembo D/A primary school because they are being robbed of the free education policy.

The Chairman of the Parents and Teachers Association (PTA) Lansah Emmanuel expressed that the PTA some years past engaged volunteer teachers who were paid through dues yet the abolishment of the practice by the government at a point in time worsened the case as teachers had to stop due to the lack of allowances.

“The PTA was mobilizing money through the dues taken from parents but the government asked parents not to pay anything again. 
We planted some thick trees which at a point was being cut to cater for the volunteer teachers and at a time their allowances were not coming, they decided to stop.

"Moreover here we heard there is a District Director of Education but we don’t know him because he has never stepped his foot in this community. 

"Many teachers posted within a short period of time seek for transfers due to the working environment and the workload” the Chairman recounted.

He, therefore, appealed to the government to come to their aid.

Abdul Samed, Upper West Regional Correspondent