Students displaced as rainstorm rips off dormitory at Ejisu Sec. Tech

The downpour yesterday, March 02, which lasted almost two hours has ripped off the roof of about seven classrooms and soaked learning materials in the Ejisu senior High and Technical school in the Ashanti Region.

The Ejisu Krapa Basic School and Ejisu Experimental basic schools were also not spared.

The Ejisu Municipal Chief Executive, Samuel Oduro Frimpong, who has been assessing the impact of damage caused by the rains, said the school will not be closed down to academics.

“I thought of breaking the student to go home for their parents to see them but we also have to consider the academic calendar as well. So we will meet the head and members of the teaching staff of the school to discuss the issue in the interest of teachers and students as well. We don’t want them to go home and return to do what they were supposed to learn this semester in the next semester before we break on Tuesday. We want to assure parents that we are also parents so we make sure they get a better place to sleep before we end the term.”

The Municipal Education Director, Kwabena Owusu, says although the extent of damage is serious, students would stay as problem sites are fixed.

“The situation is not proper. We are preparing a place for them now. This morning we met the student population with the support of the head mistress. We comforted them and told them that we are with them. We have told them to support us to get them a place to lodge their heads. The building affected by the rains is the oldest building in the school. We are currently taking an estimate after that we will communicate with the MP Hon. John Kuma to get it done for the school to return to their school’’ he assured.