Information gathered by Ghana Education News is that the Adenta Community Basic School has become a death trap that is constantly shaking.
The school was constructed by the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), which it managed until it was handed over to the Ghana Education Service in 1995. Yet, the GES seems to be less concerned about the maintenance of the edifice, which has been left to deteriorate.
A worried parent whose ward attends the famous Adenta Community Basic School has called on the Ghana Education Service to, as a matter of urgency, take proactive steps to avert a looming disaster in the school.
Way back in 2017, a similar report was filed in a news item on Citinews titled “Adenta Community School is almost a death trap—Parents lament,” yet 7 years later, the same complaint is coming.
In an open letter from Mr. Ernest Adjenim Boateng to the GES on May 3, 2024, posted as a comment on the GES’s official Facebook page, he indicated that the Adenta Community School has become a death trap.
He further said that the current school building looks strong and perfect from the outside until you enter the classrooms.
According to him, his ward and three others from his home attend the school, and the children keep complaining that the building shakes. The structure has developed very worrying cracks, yet teachers and learners risk their lives daily to teach and learn in it.
A walk up or down the stairs demands a lot of bravery since it shakes dangerously, even though the children do weigh so much.
“Please, Adenta Community Basic School is a death trap. The building from the outside view seems nice and strong, but in reality, it is not so. My ward and three kids from the house attend school there. They keep complaining that the building shakes and that it has developed various cracks. They said even as ‘lighter’ their weight when they were climbing the stairs, one could hear and feel the structure shaking.”
If the learners can report such issues, the teachers must even be more worried. The Ghana Education Service must act now before a disaster strikes. Proactive and swift action is needed now since the people in Adenta do not want any accidents to occur only for the GES to send a delegation to the community and school to sympathize with them. They have made their issues known to the GES, and action is needed now.
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