A SEVERE rainstorm that hit Achiase, near Barekese in the Atwima District in the Ashanti Region, has ripped off the roof of the entire block of the Methodist Primary School in the town.
The storm, which also destroyed part of the walls of the six-unit classroom block constructed in 1933, also destroyed a number of textbooks and exercise books, as well as furniture, belonging to the pupils.
At the moment, the more than 400 pupils from primary one to six who use the block are compelled to study under trees, making it difficult for them to concentrate on their academic work.
The pupils, teachers and opinion leaders of Achiase have, therefore, appealed to the Atwima District Assembly, the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GetFund) Administration, philanthropists and well-to-do individuals to help the community to put up a new classroom block to facilitate academic work.
The Assembly member for Asuofua Electoral Area, Mr Ali Ibrahim, made the appeal through the Daily Graphic during a visit to Achiase.
He said the school, which was among the first to be constructed in the Atwima District, had served a useful purpose by providing a platform for the youth at Achiase and its environs to develop their potential through formal education.
Mr Ibrahim expressed concern about the state of affairs at the moment, saying “the pupils are now at the mercy of the weather because they can neither study under the scorching sun, nor do same anytime it rains”.
The Chairman of the School Management Committee, Mr Kwabena Atta Boakye, gave the assurance that the Achiase community would offer communal labour to support the construction of a new classroom as soon as they received financial support.
He said the rainstorm also destroyed a number of private houses at Achiase.
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