VIDEO: Snake Chases Basic School Students From Their ‘Death Trap’ Classroom In Ghana

In a video which has started making waves on the internet, some basic school pupils could be seen running out of their classroom due to the presence of a live snake in their classroom.

In the video, the snake was first seen at the ceiling of the classroom. The class teacher, together with other staff members were able to bring the snake down from the ceiling and made sure it was dead.

This is not the first time such snakes have appeared in the classrooms of Ghanaian students. The location of such school in which the incident happened is currently unknown. However, the school is believed to be in Ghana as background sounds were all in Twi.

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This very video doesn’t only show how wild animals like the snake could have hurt the pupils but also the environmental condition of the classroom. The entire school facility is  wooden infrastructure. This is usually known as a ‘death trap‘ school facility.

Watch the video below

Although governments havea ttempted to promote equality basic education for children, there are still many challenges that confront basic education delivery, especially in the hard-to-reach areas of the country.

The basic facilities to facilitate access to
education are either non-existent or in a very deplorable condition, these facilities include, lack of infrastructure, inadequate trained teachers, students having to travel long distance to school and lack of learning materials.
Report reveals that many pupils in government basic schools make lot of spelling mistakes when learning
due to unavailability of writing boards in
schools.

These have become the major challenges
and a menace to children living in
marginalized and deprived rural communities. However, systematic reforms are needed to end the deepening inequalities in basic education provided across rural and urban communities in deprived areas.

Quality learning outcome can only be
achieved through increased investment and resourcing of basic education.
Public basic schools in deprived
communities should receive the same
resources available to schools in the cities, especially trained teachers, pupils, and students from rural schools would perform much better than the current situation in Ghana.

Students deserve better. Build better infrastructure for them. They are the future leaders of the country.