By Legendreport News Team
Education is often described as the key to success, but when it is neglected, it becomes a threat to the future of any generation. Sadly, in Akontombra District, the current state of education has become a dangerous threat to the future leadership of Ghana.
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) emphasize quality education for all children, but in Akontombra, this remains a distant reality.
The CEO of Legendreport.com and his team recently visited the Sunkwa Circuit in Akontombra District to assess the situation. What they found was alarming and unacceptable for a district that should be nurturing future leaders.
Schools visited included Agyemang Camp, Asantekrom, Obengkrom, Congo, Oppongkrom, and Manukrom.
Out of the six schools, only Obengkrom had five teachers serving from nursery to JHS 3. The remaining five schools had only two teachers each. Many teachers who were posted by the government never reported to duty because of the difficult conditions in the area.
This has forced schools to run “combined classes.” For example, in some schools, three different classes are taught together. One teacher revealed that when he teaches Class 1, pupils in Class 4 must wait outside until he finishes before they can also have their lessons. This system makes it impossible to complete the syllabus, leaving students at a serious disadvantage.
One teacher described being posted there as “not employment, but punishment.”
Dilapidated Infrastructure
None of the schools in the circuit have proper infrastructure. Many classrooms are wooden structures with dusty floors and no desks. Pupils sit on the bare ground to write.
In Congo, a single teacher employed by the community handles three kindergarten levels in one classroom. She admitted: “It is not easy. When I teach KG2, the other children disturb because I cannot attend to them at the same time.”
Students and teachers alike lack motivation. The government’s School Feeding Programme has not been extended to these smaller communities, though it operates in bigger towns within the district.
Accommodation for teachers is also a challenge, since most of the areas are farming communities with no houses for non-indigenes.
Perhaps the most worrying discovery is that none of the schools in the circuit have ICT facilities. Pupils learn only from chalkboards, yet they are expected to sit the same ICT exams as students in urban areas who use computers daily.
This creates an unfair gap that undermines the future of children in Akontombra.
Previous leadership has consistently presented Akontombra as having no problems with education, teachers, or infrastructure. However, Legendreport’s investigations show a completely different reality on the ground.
The truth is that children in Akontombra — particularly in the Sunkwa Circuit — are being denied quality education.
Legendreport is calling on the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Finance to:
- Recruit more teachers, especially trained graduates from Akontombra, who understand the local challenges and are more likely to stay.
- Build proper school infrastructure through GETFund to provide safe and decent classrooms.
- Extend the School Feeding Programme to rural schools in the district.
- Introduce ICT facilities and teachers so pupils can compete fairly in national examinations.
A child who has never seen a computer should not be forced to write the same ICT exams as one who uses a computer every day.
Education in Akontombra is in crisis. Without urgent intervention, the district risks raising a generation of young people unprepared for leadership and national development.
Legendreport will continue to investigate and report on the state of education in Akontombra until meaningful change is achieved.
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