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Odorgonno SHS science lab in deplorable state

The science laboratory of the Odorgonno Senior High School is in a deplorable state and poses a death trap to students. 

Portions of the building, built in 1974, have developed cracks and on the verge of collapse but despite its deplorable state and the danger that it poses to students, the Daily Graphic observed during visits to the school that about 50 students from the school and nearby schools still hold their practicals there. 

A six-classroom block built under the 31 Model Senior Secondary Schools Building Project has also developed cracks on the floor, making the floor dusty. 

Expressing her concern about the problems confronting the school, the Headmistress, Mrs Georgina Attopley-Wornyo, said “we are quite frightened about the nature of the building, and we are still calling on authorities to come to our aid before something disastrous happens”.

She said letters had been written to the authorities to rehabilitate the science laboratory, but all to no avail.She also indicated that some officials from the Ghana Education Service came to inspect the building. 

“Despite the beauty of the school, the laboratory is sinking and I am just praying that it does not collapse. The situation poses a serious threat to us, especially to the students.It is affecting the study of science,” she said.

Contractors

Mrs Attopley-Wornyo said under the Model Senior Secondary Schools Building Project, the school benefited from a two-storey building classroom block, a dining and assembly hall complex, a computer laboratory, Home Economics block, girls and boys dormitories and teachers' flats, but most of the buildings were not in a good shape at the moment.

According to the headmistress, the school had already renovated six classroom blocks and that “As I am talking now, we have bags of cement to renovate the building, especially the form three block but we have exhausted our internally generated funds”. 

Challenges

The school, with a population of 2,246 students, currently depends on boreholes as construction of the Awoshie Road has led to interruption in the flow of pipe- borne water to the school. Another problem is the erratic power supply which is affecting academic work.

Mrs Attopley-Wornyo said the school had a big compound and therefore pleaded with the government to construct bungalows for teachers.

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