The State Experimental School in Kumasi has been disconnected from electricity supply.

The School has struggled with payment of electricity bills in the past year hence the disconnection.

The power cut is among other challenges affecting teaching and learning in the school. 

The Kumasi Metro Director of Education, David Oppong, is appealing to benevolent individuals and associations to support the school. 

"The school is disconnected from the national grid. There's no electricity in the school. That's because the school has no money for utility bills. 

"On that score, we are appealing to parents and associations to mobilize resources themselves and support them in that respect," he said. 

The State Experimental School, established in the 1950s, has since its inception not seen a major renovation.

The school. which sits in the heart of the Kumasi metropolis is plagued with numerous deplorable conditions, including dilapidated classroom buildings.

The school has no fence wall and the recent disconnection of power supply has heightened the plight of students and management.

An IT laboratory which served the over 3,000 student population of both Basic 1 and 2 branches of the school is now non-functional with all computers packed aside.

The school’s inability to foot electricity bills is affecting the teaching and learning of IT for the past two years. 

Headmaster of the Basic 2 branch, Solomon Osei Kankam, lamented over their plight.

"We have prepaid meters here, but because we are not able to pay we've not done any ICT practices for about 2 years now. It's only the classroom thing the teachers have been doing. The children need to have ICT practicals," he said

The school has churned out many notable personalities, including Dr. Eugene Essandoh, who recently built a toilet facility to ease congestion at the old facility.

His father, Michael Essandoh, donated the facility on his behalf.  

"My son was motivated by a report filed by Joy FM and decided to donate the facility to his alma mater," he disclosed. 

The State Experimental School, however, needs more support to enhance its academic activities.

Pupils of the School have for the past two years, studied Information Technology theoretically with no access to a computer laboratory.