… School in dire need of urgent intervention
Decaying educational facilities such as buildings, classrooms, laboratories among other infrastructures coupled with acute shortage of teachers are currently rocking Alihami Mixed Secondary School in Agbor, Ika south local government area of Delta State.
A visit to the school during the week, revealed that the school was under serious dilemma and gradually facing extinction.
The school being the only Government secondary school in the community which also has notable personalities and located in the heart of the headquarters of Council, is threatened by lack of teachers and facing infrastructural decay.
The school has only five (5) teachers and limited number of Corp members and N-Power teachers whose activities in the school, are allegedly not stable, as it is faced with the challenge of teaching both Science and other basic subjects.
The challenges now worsen as the roof of two old buildings of the school were blown off by the windstorm which wrecked havoc in Agbor on May 9th, 2022.
Further investigation revealed that the school with about 300 students, has only three blocks of classrooms with a collapsed building while the third which was barely manageable (an old structure), now has its roof damaged by the windstorm.
Also affected in the incident, was the principal’s office. However, no life was lost as the incident occurred shortly after closure of school.
As at press time, the students were seen receiving lessons under the big mango tree standing in the school premises while some were playing awaiting their turn to takeover the shade under the mango tree or be fused into one class handled by a single teacher.
A source who spoke on the condition of anonymity, lamented the deplorable state of the school, disclosing that parents are now threatening to withdraw their children/wards from the school.
“The problem of the school is alarming and in dire need of urgent attention. The foof of the JSS 1 and JSS 2 classrooms are damaged, now the students are being taught under the mango tree which also does not guarantee safety should it rains again.
“The school could not admit SS 1 students last year due to insufficient classrooms and furnitures,” the source added.
At the moment, it’s crystal clear that Alihami Mixed Secondary School, Agbor is in dire need of urgent intervention because stable learning activities would no longer be possible as the frequent downpour nor scorching sun, would always interrupt classes.
Meanwhile, the school used the medium to call on NGO’s, good spirited individuals and groups, prominent Alihami and Agbor indigenes, to come to their aid.
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In another development, the Head Teacher, teachers and pupils of Ogbe-Afor Primary School, Asaba, the state capital, have lamented over cases of vandalized facilities within their school premises.
Asaba Post TV’s visit to the school, took records of state of the facilities and now authoritatively sharing with our audience first hand experience of what the issues are in the school now.
Our reporter interviewed Mr Osamor Bernard Olisekwu, the school’s head teacher, who shared some insights with Asaba Post TV.
Comrade Apo Allanah Oputa Otutu, Assistant Head Teacher took Asaba Post TV on a guided tour round the school’s vandalized facilities.
Pupils and class teachers were also interviewed.
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