La PRESEC cries for help
Students of the La Presbyterian Senior High School (PRESEC) have appealed to the government to complete the new classroom block under construction before the rains set in.
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The three-storey building, which was started during the tenure of office of the late Prof John Evans Atta Mills in 2009, has been neglected for some years now.
Students have, therefore, been compelled to use the uncompleted building due to the limited number of classrooms in the school. This is, however, putting the lives of the students and the teachers at risk.
When a team from the Junior Graphic visited the school, not only did it realise that some of the students held classes under trees but their lives were in danger as well, as some were using the uncompleted building.
It was also revealed that the 600 female students in the school had no washrooms, and students who needed to ease themselves had to go outside the school or make use of a facility meant for the La Primary School.
In an interview with the Assistant Head of Academics, Madam Beatrice Annan, she lamented that although the school had contacted all the relevant organisations to provide the school with the needed facilities, the problem had not been solved because they (the organisations) claimed the responsibility was that of the GETFund.
What Madam Annan dreaded the most was the possible outcome of the school’s refusal to heed the advise of the contractors working on the project that the building must not be used. It has been pushed under the current circumstances to hold classes in the uncompleted block because classrooms are just inadequate for the entire school population.
The Boys Prefect, Master Amo Thompson, said last year, the government promised to work on the uncompleted building but nothing had been done about it so far.
“We the students find it very difficult to study especially when it’s raining because there are no windows so the classrooms get flooded. We have to move from one side of the classroom to the another or vacate the classroom until the rain stops,” he said.
The Assistant Boys Prefect, Master Gabriel Yankson, when he first entered the school, they had to study under trees for about two months because there were no classrooms.
The Girls Prefect, Ms Mary Atikpo, also said the current situation made it impossible for them to complete their syllabus and appealed tothe government to assist the school to enable them study in an environment healthy for students.