The Manager of Catholic Schools in the Ahafo Region, Boakye Baafi Williams, has raised an alarm over a teacher deficit at basic schools in the region.
He raised the concern at Kenyasi No. 1 when the Paramount Chief, Nana Osei Kofi Abiri, commissioned a fully furnished junior high school block worth 700,000 cedis for the Roman Catholic Basic School.
Addressing chiefs, staff of Asutifi North District Assembly, Ghana Education Service, clergy, Newmont, among others, he explained that the number of teachers needed is greater than the number the region has now, which is dangerous to the education of the children.
He said there are schools in the region with only two (2) teachers handling primary 1 – 6, which is unacceptable and poses a serious threat to the standard of education.
He therefore used the occasion to call on chiefs in the region to mount pressure on the members of Parliament (MPs), the regional minister,r among others, to play a vital role to ensure the region gets the deserving teachers to help the children.
To him, if leaders in the region fail to push for the deserving teachers to address the deficit, it will deepen the existing challenges.
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