The management of Accra Academy has called on the government to support the school to improve its infrastructure in order to return to the single track system.
The headmaster of the school, Emmanuel Ofoe Fiemawhle, who made the call, said in spite of achievements in academic, the school continued to face a number of challenges, such as infrastructural deficit due to the growing student population and inadequate teaching and non-teaching staff.
He said the school would require a total of 118 classrooms to enable it to operate as a single track school and 21 teaching and non-teaching staff to adequately complement its teaching needs.
Mr Fiemawhle, who was speaking during the school’s 93rd anniversary speech and prize giving day in Accra, said the students population had increased from 4,381 last year to 5,060 this year, with 4,338 students as boarders.
“The 3.1 per cent increase in day students and 4.9 per cent increase in boarders means our resources are being stretched beyond capacity, compromising both the effectiveness of our teaching and the comfort of our students,” he added.
Consequently, he also appealed to parents and community leaders to allow school administrators to enforce disciplinary measures effectively.
Source: Graphic Online
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