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The Akibo Betts Junior Secondary School at Tower Hill in Freetown

As Teachers and Pupils across the country prepare for the 2008/2009 academic year, the Akibo Betts Junior Secondary School at Tower Hill in Freetown has commenced without a staff room for Teachers and adequate furniture for Pupils.
According to the School Principal Edward Fofi Kawa, in an interview with Awoko at the school compound, “the working conditions faced by Teachers are chaotic”, describing it as a mockery to the achievement of quality education in the country.
He expressed frustration and disappointment over the neglect and marginalization of the school, by the Education Ministry and the Freetown City Council Education Department for the delay in providing the needed school materials.
He noted that teachers share benches and stools with pupils or they are forced to hang around the school compound to wait for classes.
This he said is disgraceful and it would also undermine the moral and integrity of the school administration.
“I am a principal of a school with over 500 pupils and 26 trained and qualified teachers but salaries, learning materials and subsidies have not been forth coming from Government and the Freetown City Council” he stressed.
He also highlighted other challenges facing the school, which includes the lack of social amenities, water well and toilet facilities; and that the school compound is also not fenced to control the movement of people and pupils around the school environment.
The Principal also disclosed that, the Parent Teachers Association (PTA) has been very helpful to the school administration by providing financial and moral support for the smooth running of the school administration.
Pupils’ attending the morning session comprises of classes 1 to 6 and the Junior Secondary School takes over during the afternoon using the same broken benches and desks.
A cross section of pupils interviewed lamented to Awoko about the difficult learning environment they are forced to contend with, “we are only pretending to be going to school, because the school lacks library, laboratory and other learning materials which have been largely responsible for the poor performances of pupils during public exams.
By Saidu Bah