The Headmaster of Adakura Primary school, Jack Anaba Akurigo has made a clarion call to authorities concerned to help activate work on an existing classroom structure that has been abandoned for the past five years. The neglect of the said structure has been a major source of worry to the authorities of the school as students are exposed to direct wind, especially during harmattan season. The school which has a student population of about 530 with 18 teaching and non teaching staff also lacks facilities such as library complex, staff common room, computer laboratory and classroom furniture among other teaching and learning materials. The absence of such facilities poses a threat to the performance of both teachers and students. Mr Akurigo told Radio Ghana that the challenges faced by the school have accounted for the fewer intakes of students promoted to the Junior High School level. This, he said gives a cause to worry because only a handful of students admitted into the JHS level are made to represent the school at the Basic Education Certificate Examination. He said though the performance of students at JHS has been encouraging over the years, more needs to be done to help the school compete with the so called preferred and international schools. Mr Akurigo however appealed to all stakeholders including the traditional authorities and the entire community to assist the school to rise up to the task. Mr. Akurigo also appealed to the government through the Bolgatanga Municipal Assembly to help hook the school to the National School Feeding Programme. Adherence, he noted, will improve school attendance as absenteeism among pupils poses a challenge because most parents most often fail to provide feeding money for their ward.
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