By Florence Afriyie Mensah
Kumasi, May 23, GNA – The management of the State Experimental M/A Basic One School at Nhyiaeso in the Kumasi metropolis has expressed deep concern over ongoing encroachment of school lands by squatters and estate developers.
According to the headmistress, Madam Joana Anokeyewaa, the unauthorised developments on the school lands are posing serious threat to peace and security in the school.
She emphasised the urgent need to fence the school to ward off intruders.
Speaking at the inauguration of a newly completed 33-unit classroom block, Madam Anokyewaa called on the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly to provide immediate support in erecting a wall around the school.
She said there were new projects sprawling on nearby lands belonging to the school, thereby compromising the school’s development plans.
Addressing additional challenges, Madam Anokyewaa stated that the growing population of the school did not correspond with deficit in furniture, saying that the increasing student enrollment required more furniture.
The new classroom block is expected to accommodate over 1,200 pupils, making the need for desk and chairs more pressing, according to the headmistress.
She called on public and private stakeholders to assist in providing furniture for the school.
The Headmistress also appealed for equipment to furnish their science and computer laboratories to advance teaching and learning of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).
GNA
Edited by YI/Benjamin Mensah