Authorities at Tsortorme D/A Primary School in the Kadjebi District of the Oti Region, have appealed to the Kadjebi District Assembly and benevolent organisations to provide the school with a decent modern six-unit classroom block.

Such a facility would ensure an effective teaching and learning environment.

The school, established in 1965 have seven teachers and 122 pupils from Kindergarten to Primary six, who study under a dilapidated bamboo structure, which is on the verge of collapse.

Due to a lack of classrooms, classes were being paired.

Daniel Dodzi Tsivanyo, Headteacher of the School, disclosed this to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) during a visit to the School on Friday, October 25.

He said the “lack of classrooms is my main challenge.” We have to combine the classes, thus, hindering the progress of my learners.

“The Kadjebi District Assembly and NGOs should come to our aid for decent classroom blocks,” he appealed.

Mr Tsivanyo said another problem was the accessible road to the school as the road linking the Tsortorme community was in a deplorable state and inaccessible during rainy seasons, so teachers in nearby communities find it difficult to come to school during rainy seasons.

“Myself, I was involved in an accident recently due to the deplorable state of the road,” he added.

He thus, appealed to the Kadjebi District Assembly to shape the road from Obuase to Tsortorme to make the Tsortorme community accessible.

Torgbui James Akpolu, the Headman of Tsortorme, said the bad road network was affecting their economic activities as foodstuffs harvested for the market perished as the bad road network made it impossible to convey them to the marketing centres, leading to post-harvest losses.

He said the successive government’s failure to provide them with social amenities such as good drinking water, roads, electricity, and school blocks, among others, made them feel dejected and wonder whether they were part of Ghana.

Mr Akpolu, therefore, appealed to the Kadjebi District Assembly to shape their road and also connect the community to the national electricity grid.

Mr Wilson Kwami Agbanyo, Kadjebi District Chief Executive (DCE), when reached by the GNA on the road network, said the road would be attended to under the District Roads Infrastructure Project (DRIP) and that works had commenced on some roads in the district under the DRIP.