The Member of Parliament for Ledzokuku Constituency, Hon. Benjamin Ayiku Narteh and the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Hon. Israel Adjetey Otchwenmah, have visited a burnt school facility at the Teshie Camp 2 primary B and Junior High School compound.
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The Municipal Director of Education (2nd) right inspecting the burnt roof and store at Teshie
The inferno which took place last Wednesday evening around 6:45 pm after a downpour destroyed the class three classroom and the school’s store and destroyed items such as exercise books, textbooks, a set of drums, set of canopies, furnitures among other items.
The MP and his entourage inspecting the burnt classroom and the store at Teshie
A team from the Ghana National Fire Service however managed to finish the dousing of the fire after a quick response from the community mobilization had completely battled the fire and prevented it from spreading to the other classrooms and offices in the school.
The MP and the MCE visited the burnt facility on Thursday to have first hand information of the burnt facility and see what could be done to reconstruct the facility.
The MP interacting with headteacher of the school during the visit
The MP interacting with headteacher of the school during the visit
Accompanying them were the Municipal Engineer and other technical staff, a team from the GNFS, the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) as well as representative of the Teshie Traditional Council to assess the state of the damage caused by the fire.
The Municipal Director of Education (2nd) right inspecting the burnt roof and store at Teshie
In a brief comment, the MP urged the Assembly to do everything possible towards the reconstruction of the facility to ensure that the displaced pupils can get a place to study.
He assured the school of their preparedness to collaborate to help fix the facility with the utmost speed it deserved.
The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Hon. Israel Adjetey Otchwenmah, pledged to put in place the right measures and resources to ensure the speedy completion of the facility for use so that the fire would not disturb effective teaching and learning in the school
The Municipal Director of Education, Mrs Theresa Tetteh, who had earlier visited the school, also sympathised with the school staff and pledged to link up with the right authorities for the needed resources to be provided to the school towards the promotion of effective teaching and learning.
The burnt store with some of the burnt items at Teshie
She urged the staff to strive and manage the available resources in the school so they could continue with their teaching and learning until the burnt facility was reconstructed.
The Headteacher of the School, Madam Ruth Boye, was full of praise to the community for their swift response which prevented the fire from escalating to other parts of the school.
She used the occasion to appeal to old students, Non-Governmental Organizations and other well-meaning Ghanaians to come and complement the government’s efforts towards the reconstruction and provision of needed resources to the school.
By: Felix A.Baidoo
