.....................A tour of some schools revealed that none of the new structure started to accommodate first year students have been completed. At the Bolgatanga Girls Senior High School, the Headmistress, Ms. Francisca Yizura told this reporter that the school had put in steps to accommodate all first year students from outside the region while those within the Bolgatanga Municipality will be admitted as Day students. In all the school is expecting 322 newly admitted students.
The Headmistress indicated that works on the ground floor of a new classroom structures will soon be completed for the girls to start using them for academic work. In addition, the new administration block is almost completed and it is likely so the teachers and non-teaching staff will soon move into it, to enable the school authorities convert the old staff common room into classrooms for studies.
At the Bolgatanga Senior High School, the Head master, Mr. , Didacus Afegra who is also the Regional Vice chairman for CHASS , said his school which is has been designated as a model school did not benefit from the allocation of new classroom and dormitory structures provided by Government to accommodate first year student, for the 2010-2011 Academic year.As a result the school has had to convert the Assembly Hall as dormitory, while the science laboratory and the Technical block have been turned into classroom facilities.
However at the Notre Dame Senior High School, in the Kassena-Nankana East District, the contractor working on a Six classroom block and toilet and urinal facility has completed and handed the structure to the Regional Minister for onward handing over to the school authorities.
The Principal of the Bolgatanga Technical Institute, Alhaji Umar Alhassan said he is looking forward to admitting 600 first year student but unfortunately work a new classroom block is uncompleted. As a stop gap measure, the students will be housed in the already dilapidated dining hall. He added that any available space will also be used as classroom block.
The Headmistress indicated that works on the ground floor of a new classroom structures will soon be completed for the girls to start using them for academic work. In addition, the new administration block is almost completed and it is likely so the teachers and non-teaching staff will soon move into it, to enable the school authorities convert the old staff common room into classrooms for studies.
At the Bolgatanga Senior High School, the Head master, Mr. , Didacus Afegra who is also the Regional Vice chairman for CHASS , said his school which is has been designated as a model school did not benefit from the allocation of new classroom and dormitory structures provided by Government to accommodate first year student, for the 2010-2011 Academic year.As a result the school has had to convert the Assembly Hall as dormitory, while the science laboratory and the Technical block have been turned into classroom facilities.
However at the Notre Dame Senior High School, in the Kassena-Nankana East District, the contractor working on a Six classroom block and toilet and urinal facility has completed and handed the structure to the Regional Minister for onward handing over to the school authorities.
The Principal of the Bolgatanga Technical Institute, Alhaji Umar Alhassan said he is looking forward to admitting 600 first year student but unfortunately work a new classroom block is uncompleted. As a stop gap measure, the students will be housed in the already dilapidated dining hall. He added that any available space will also be used as classroom block.
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