Lack of infrastructure hampers teaching and learning at Seikwa Presbyterian School

The Headmistress of Seikwa Presbyterian Primary School, Ruth Adamptey, has appealed to the government, community members, and benevolent organisations to help the school address critical infrastructure challenges affecting teaching and learning.

She said the absence of a Kindergarten (KG) block, an ICT laboratory, inadequate classrooms and deteriorating school structures were creating difficulties for both teachers and learners of the school in the Tain District of the Bono Region.

In an interview, Madam Adamptey said the school has a total enrolment of 419 pupils in KG and primary school, plus 142 in junior high school.

The primary and KG operate a double-stream system but lack adequate classroom facilities to accommodate the growing number of learners. The situation, she said, is not different at the JHS.

She explained that overcrowding had become a major concern.

The KG pupils who were initially occupying a dilapidated structure have been relocated to a different block, deepening the congestion. Pupils sit and write on benches, a situation that could affect their developing spines.

"We are not having a KG block for our learners, and it is really distracting teaching and learning. We also don't have an ICT lab, and there are some abandoned structures which are disturbing teaching and learning," Madam Adamptey said.

She further identified inadequate desks, sanitation challenges, the absence of a staff common room and dilapidated structures as some of the difficulties confronting both the primary/KG and Junior High School sections.

Madam Adamptey appealed to former students, community members and other stakeholders to visit the school and help address its infrastructure needs.

She, however, expressed gratitude to individuals and groups who had supported the school over the years, particularly the 1987 year group.

The group, as part of activities marking its inauguration, donated various items to support academic, sporting, and maintenance activities at both the Primary and Junior High Schools.

The items donated include two sets of jerseys, football balls, gloves, whistles, two laptops, a television set and a lawn mower to improve pupils' learning and recreational activities.

Madam Adamptey described the donation as timely, expressing appreciation to the old students for remembering their alma mater and contributing to the welfare of current learners.

"Seikwa Presbyterian School is an old school that has produced many great people in the community contributing their quota in national development. We are appealing to all these people to come and look at our structures and help us so that everything will be okay," she added.

She urged stakeholders to consider supporting the school with improved classroom infrastructure, an ICT laboratory and a dedicated KG block to create a better learning environment.