Broken Promises: Apenten D/A Primary School Cries Out for Help

Apenten D/A Primary School in Offinso North District, Ashanti Region, Ghana, is reeling from a severe shortage of classrooms and furniture, hampering academic work.

Despite campaign promises by local leaders, including MCE Hon. Caesar Ofosu Acheampong and Presiding Member Hon. Charles Abugri, the situation remains dire.

Over 300 pupils study under trees or in dilapidated classrooms, using makeshift seats in the Nsenoa Electoral Area.

Teachers are concerned but fear speaking out.

The School Management Committee accuses authorities of neglect, citing reduced contact hours and unattractive learning conditions which they also fear to speak to the media due to political Affiliation.

Dominic Duut, an old student, recalls the school’s glory days as Apenten Bright Foundation International School, with 530 students and decent facilities.

Now, the population is below 200, with no tables, chairs, or classrooms. “School dropout is now a fashion,” he laments.

The school has become an open ground for funerals, animal grazing, and entertainment.

No ICT lab, no teachers’ quarters – teachers commute from Abofour and other districts. Duut urges the MCE to fulfill his 2024 campaign promises and calls on government and GES to intervene.

Dominic Duut, an old student, is fed up: “It’s time for authorities to recall their campaign promises.

The DCE, now MP hopeful for NDC, made hard promises but failed to deliver. Same goes for the Assembly Member, now Presiding Member for Offinso North District.

Is this what development looks like in the Nsenoa electoral area?”

The school lacks an ICT lab, teachers’ quarters, and basic furniture. Some students haven’t seen a laptop before.

Duut warns: “If leadership fails to act, we’ll demonstrate against them. We’ve voted for family and friends enough. It’s time for development.”

The Nsenoa electoral area, part of Ghana, deserves better. The old student association demands action.

Sources:Dominic Duut