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A newly built three-unit class block for the community of Kulfuo and Taser in the Upper West region was set on fire.
Tour supervisor Mohammed Bayugo told the Ghanaian news agency in Tumu that the adjoining store and office as well as the newly fitted furniture had also been burnt.
“The fire ravaged all three classrooms, a store and an office with the roofing sheets, wood and roof totally ravaged, affecting the structure of the building, which was recently constructed and handed over under the partnership of the Social Investment Fund (SIF) with the Assembly of Sissala Est.
“Brand new modern furniture and other school property was set on fire,” he said and noted that when schools were in session, students who used the classrooms, including JHS 1 students, 2 and 3, would need a makeshift classroom to teach. on, ”he added.
According to him, more than 200 students were affected by the situation and that all their double desks were burned along with other books kept in the teachers’ office and a reserve.
All personal protective equipment (PPE) including; face masks, soap, hand sanitizers, among others, recently supplied to the school by the Directorate of Education, have all been burned.
The school management therefore appealed to philanthropists and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to help renovate the block so that academic work could continue.
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