Blackboard Falls On Female Teacher

Madam Prempew teaching

Nwawasua, March 3, 2015 -DISASTER NEARLY struck a female trained teacher at the Nwawasua M/A School, near Sunyani in the Brong-Ahafo Region last Tuesday, February 24, after a fallen wooden blackboard fell on her.

            Doris Prempew, the KG2 teacher, was later after the incident sent to a hospital in Sunyani for treatment due to the injury she sustained in the head.

She confirmed to DAILY GUIDE that she was writing on the plywood backboard which was hanging on a piece of wood and all of a sudden heard a bang on her head and landed her on the floor.

The KG department of the school is located in an open wooden pavilion with no claddings. The floor is also not cemented with just about 10 dual desks for the about 40 children to share.

When asked whether she would apply for a transfer as a result of the incident, the dedicated teacher who, though, treks from Sunyani every day to the village, answered in the negative.

“I feel for these little children and I don’t want to abandon them due to what has happened to me because they need serious help,” she said.

She called for support in the supply of a set of furniture to meet the standards of KG as well as new building to improve teaching and learning.

The teacher disclosed that the school compound has been used as a footway and road for farmers and vehicles as well as stray animals, a situation which detracts the attention of the children during learning since the classroom has not been cladded.

The headmaster of the school, Japon Joseph Nnob, expressed regret about the incident, saying that the KG structure needs urgent attention.

Mr. Nnob mentioned that he has written several letters to the various institutions for support. He seized the opportunity to appeal to corporate organisations and philanthropists to come to the aid of the school to build a befitting structure for the KG.

Source: Fred Tettey Alarti-Amoako