Rain rips off roof of Tettegu primary school.

Pupils of the Tettegu D/A 1 primary school at Ogblogo, Weija have been compelled to study in classrooms without roofs over their heads.
The reason: a heavy downpour which occurred in Accra last June ripped off the roof of the school but efforts are yet to be made to restore roofing.
In the circumstance, the school has been pushed against the wall to resume academic work to prevent loss of precious academic time.
In an interview with the Daily Graphic in Accra on Tuesday, the Headmaster, Mr S.T. Ablade, said the situation had affected academic work in the school, adding that the situation had caused a decline in the enrolment and attendance of both pupils and teachers.
He explained that pupils in the unroofed classrooms either had to relocate to other classrooms or end lessons for the day whenever it rained.
Mr Ablade also expressed his dissatisfaction at the manner in which residents had turned the classrooms into places of convenience and a refuse dump because the classrooms had no doors and windows.
He said part of the roofs were ripped off in 2004 after a heavy downpour but unfortunately the school’s PTA did not have adequate resources to renovate it.
He said as a result of the deplorable situation teachers had refused posting to the school.
He said the school had also been turned into a playground for residents because it was not fenced and added that “some boys in the neighbourhood have turned our school park into a football park and they come here to play football whenever they want”.
“Whenever they come here to play football the pupils do not pay attention in class but rather concentrate on what is being done outside.”
Mr Ablade appealed to the government and the general public to support the school with the needed facilities to enhance academic work.

*Caption: The classroom block with the roofs ripped-off.