Authorities of Kumasi Girls’ Senior High School are worried about the delay in completing dormitory and dining hall facilities for the school. The situation has compelled officials to convert a 230 capacity exams hall into a dining hall for over 1,800 students who visit the facility in groups for meals. Kumasi Girls’ Senior High School, like many other institutions in the country has had its share of the challenges associated with the introduction of 4-year second-cycle education duration. With the support of the Parent Teacher Association, ten out of a 12-unit classroom block have been completed to ease classroom accommodation for first- year students. The same cannot however be said of dormitory and dining hall facilities being constructed under the Getfund, though work on the projects began twelve years ago. Two big trenches dug by contractors have been filled with water, and they pose threat to life on campus. The dormitory project being executed by Albat Construction Works is left only with ceiling and terrazzo works to be completed. The contractor has since November abandoned work, though he had received the entire contract sum. Authorities had to look for funds to fix louvers in part of the building to enable 500 fresh students to put up there. Part of roofing of the building was recently ripped off by rainstorm but the contractor is yet to respond to notices served by school authorities. The dining hall being executed by Jofa Constructions is about 96 per cent complete. Students have to spend long hours of their academic time to have their turn at the improvised and small dining hall. Headmistress, Mary Kraah-Ampofo says she is embarrassed by the situation but there is little she can do under the circumstance. "It is very much worrying because the students will have to run on shift and for that matter, it’s going to affect our time table and the teachers, everything. It disorganizes everything we do in the classroom, so that if we get the students to eat at a go, and they go back to the classroom, it will not affect their time table’’ she said. She admitted the shift system has taken a toll on the teaching and dining staff as well as authorities and the students in general. "But for this shift, it is not easy. We cannot quantify the hardships, since it has affected the time table; it is also going to affect the students’ studies as well. So when they are suppose to be in the classroom, they are waiting at the dining hall". Some final year students who could not hide the difficulties they have been going through said the situation sometimes forces them to lose appetite, abandoning meals in the process. "Some of us have practicals (exams), and dining was around 9: 15 but now it is 9:30 and then still we’ve not eaten so what time are going to get ready in our classrooms, and we don’t even know when the first batch will eat for us to have our turn. Exams will start at 10 a.m and we don’t know whether we will be served before ten’’. One of the aggrieved students lamenred. When asked if she has lost her appetite, she responded in affirmative, saying "yes I have. I will not eat again, so that I will revise for the practicals (exams)." One of the contractors, Agyenim Boateng of Albat Construction Works, says he is still mobilizing funds to finish the dormitory project, promising to be on site next month. Meanwhile, the Ghana Education Service says it will intervene in the current crisis of the school. Public Relations Officer, Paul Krampah has told Joy News the services is aware of the situation in the Kumasi Girls Senior High School and assured his outfit will intervene for amicable solution. Story by: Ohemeng Tawiah, Nhyira Fm-Kumasi/Ghana