Many public schools across the country face serious infrastructural challenges which often reflects in the quality of pupils they produce, especially those schools in rural Ghana.

The story of the St. Mary's RC basic school is not so different, except despite the school's challenges, both the pupils and teachers are refusing to give up.

Joy News’ Ernest Manu travelled to Ntom in the Central region where the school is and reports of a people, determined to beat the odds.

Watch his report below: