Ashanti Region: Kids Escape Death As School Building Collapses At Atwima Asamang

The building of the Atwima Asamang D/A Primary School in the Atwima Mponua District in the Ashanti Region has collapsed.

The  incident occurred on Saturday, 4th March 2023.

A rainstorm that swept across the town (Atwima Asamang) wreaked havoc.

The walls of the dilapidated school building collapsed during the storm.

Information gathered reveals that some kids  were hiding in the building during a heavy rainfall when the building collapsed and nearly killed them.

Local reports suggest the chiefs and residents of the area had threatened to pull down the building due to its weak state.

But, Member of Parliament (MP) for the area, Hon. Isaac Kwame Asiamah and then District Chief Executive, Hon. Isaac Kofi Marfo when contacted, promised to renovate and complete the building but have since failed to do so.

Interviewing pupils of the schools, they said the building had become a death trap to them making it scary whenever they go to school.

They have, therefore, called on the government, the Atwima Mponua MP and DCE to intervene and reconstruct the building immediately.

After the incident, a concerned citizen who is also a media practitioner, Adwenpa-Hene Kofi Mensah has  called on government to reconstruct ‘death trap’ school structure immediately.

The Ahenkan FM Presenter and also the editor-in-Chief for MyGhanaMedia.com, agitated over government neglect of the school in the community to collapse.

“We noticed cracks in the wall and informed authorities, but nothing was done about it until the unfortunate incident occurred”, he said

“The KG to class six block was in a bad shape and cracks started forming in the building since 2015 and it was very scary because it could collapse at any time and cause mayhem on the pupils.”

“We thank God that it was not a school day and it collapsed  peacefully without causing any mayhem on the pupils’.

Adwenpa-Hene said, the Atwima Asamang Basic School was founded by local habitats which was built with mud locally known as “Atakwame” through communal labour  in their crave to make education accessible to their children”.

“It was subsequently absorbed by the Ghana Education Service”.

‘However, the school has not seen any major renovation hence the condition of the school building has deteriorated and collapsed.

He said the school’s population has reduced drastically due to the nature of the building.

According to him, now the school has a student population of over 500, however a few teachers are at post in primary School.

Few teachers who accepted posting to the school had reportedly left.

He said inadequate of teachers in the school is a great worry to parents since the school is yet to have more quality teaching and learning materials.

The lack of teachers’ bungalows in the community has equally accounted for this as few teachers at post trek several miles everyday to school.

Adwenpa-hene nonetheless appealed to NGOs, individuals, corporate institutions and all stakeholders to come on board to support the welfare of the school.

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