TEACHING OF SCIENCE HAMPERED AT AWUDOME SCHOOL...As facilities deteriorate (PAGE 41, MARCH 8, 2010)

THE teaching and learning of science at the Awudome Senior High School at Tsito in the Ho Municipality has virtually become impossible because facilities in the science block have de teriorated.
The roof of the two- storey Science building which housed the Chemistry, Physics and the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) departments have developed serious cracks which have resulted in extensive leakages during rainfalls.
All laboratory benches fitted with taps had broken down and other apparatus and cupboards are rotten.
According to the Headmaster, Mr Cyprian Kwasivi Otti, the science building which was constructed as far back as 1972 had seen no renovation and had appealed to the Central Government and the entire benevolent community to come to the aid of the school.
He said it was unfortunate that the school was deprived of the delivery of science education to the youth at a time when the Government was placing premium on the teaching of Science in
schools.
Mr Otti said about one-third of the school’s population of 1,400 studied science subjects such as Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Agriculture and ICT.
The headmaster said the school had grown beyond the available facilities adding that there was the need to expand the assembly hall which was designed for 700 students and more staff bungalows to serve the 85 members of staff.
Two of the assistant headmasters and the head of the Science department who conducted some newsmen round the science block said they were managing affairs through extensive improvisation.
The Head in-charge of administration, Mr Emmanuel Amu said it was a laborious process to meet demands of external examination because of the poor facility.
The Head of the Science department, Ms Anthonia Kakraba said in the past four years she made several appeals to appropriate quarters but nothing had been done so far.