Bomaa Senior High School requires fence wall to ward off criminals – form one girls
Form one girls of the Bomaa Senior High School in the Tano North Municipality of the Ahafo Region have appealed for a fence wall to improve security and ward off criminals and stray animals.
They observed lack of a fence wall had opened up the school to criminal activities such as theft and burgling, while it had also contributed to high level of indiscipline among boys and girls and visited town regularly.
In an interview with Sky News at Bomaa the students also appealed for improved educational infrastructure and washrooms to facilitate serious academic work.
The students made the appeal when Dr Freda Prempeh, the Member of Parliament for Tano North visited and interacted with the students.
Dr Prempeh also the Minister of State in-charge of Works and Housing was in the school on Monday, to inspect science and laboratory equipment she lobbied for the school when it qualified for this year national Science and Maths Quiz competition.
The Ghana Education Service (GES) presented the items to the school to prepare the students adequately for the quiz competition, but unfortunately, authorities had shelved the equipment at the school’s dilapidated library due to lack of a science laboratory.
Ms Afriyie Hannah, a form one student regretted the school was lagged behind in infrastructure development, as compared to others in cities and towns, and appealed to the government to come to their aid.
“Since we were admitted, we have realized many of our seniors run away to town at night because security in the school remained porous and I think we need a fence wall”, she said.
“The uncontrolled movements of strange boys around the compound particularly during weekends is also great worry”, Regina Azure, another form one student indicated.
Mr Doosaa Kaawaanio, the Assistant Headmaster of the School later told Sky News the construction work on a standard science laboratory and library as well as an administration block had been stalled for some months now.
He expressed concern about lack of boys and girls dormitories which was contributing to indiscipline among boarding students, and appealed to the government, GETFUND, and corporate bodies top come to their aid.
Later interacting with the girls, Dr Prempeh advised them not to allow anything to affect their studies, saying quality education remained the surest and greatest legacy of life.
She assured to follow up with their concerns, and advised to be wary of bad students or friends who could influence them, truncate their education and ruin their lives.
The MP entreated the students to stay off the social media, use the internet to research and concentrate on their books to enable them to pass their exams well and further to achieve high academic laurels.
Skynewsroom
