Entire student population, teachers at Mahama's E-Block school flee community over poor roads

The deplorable nature of roads leading to the Mem-Chemfre Community Day Senior High School (one of the E-Block schools) has forced the entire student population to abandon the school.

According to the District Director of Education in the Kwahu Afram Plains North of the Eastern Region, Solomon Akuruko Azubila, the situsation was so severe that his office had to persuade teachers not to also abandon the school, which he indicated currently has no students.

According to a report by graphiconline.com, some of those who abandoned the school have either moved on to other Senior High Schools or dropped out of school entirely.

The report added that the last batch of less than 20 students wrote the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in 2023.

The school's location, which is far from beneficiary communities, plus the deplorable nature of roads in the community have been blamed for the school's predicament.

The report added that currently, all second-year students who were expected to progress to the third year have all left, leaving only one student, who has since been transferred to Donkorkrom Agric Senior High School (SHS).

Solomon Akuruko Azubila said when his office contacted the Free SHS Secretariat to assist the school by posting students there, it emerged that no one had selected the school during the school selection process.

He blamed the predicament of the school on its location, which is sited far away from the beneficiary communities.

He explained that the roads in the district are in a deplorable state and the one leading to Mem-Chemfre is no exception.

He added that the only means of transportation to the school is either by motorbike or a tricycle, and once a while, project vehicles by organisations such as the UNICEF ply the roads.

"We pleaded with the teachers to rather help the students at the junior high school in the nearby community, which lacks teachers, while we make efforts to get the students to choose the school.

"The students declined placements in the school, and as of now, no teaching and learning is taking place there," he explained.

Currently, the report stated, all classroom doors are under lock and key, a clear indication of no academic activities.

Source: Ghanaweb.com