The shortage of teachers in the Bia East District is becoming a serious challenge, negatively affecting teaching and learning in many schools across the district.
At Akwabengkrom JHS, the situation has forced one teacher to teach all subjects from JHS One to JHS Three.
Speaking to legendreport , the only teacher at the school, Mr. Isaac Kubo, shared his ordeal. He said that for the past four months, he has been the only teacher handling classes for all the JHS students in the school.
Mr. Kubo explained that he is not only teaching his own subject area but also all subjects across the three classes, a situation he described as very difficult and overwhelming. According to him, this has made it hard to complete the syllabus before the JHS Three students sit for their final examinations.
He added that at times, some teachers from the primary school use their free periods to assist him with teaching.
Mr. Kubo also revealed that the classroom structure the students use is in poor condition. He said the building is weak and shaking, making it unsafe and discouraging some students from attending school regularly.
He noted that the District Assembly started constructing a new classroom block for the school, but the project has not yet been completed. He appealed to the Assembly to complete the project so the students can have a safe place to study.
He further called on the Ghana Education Service to recruit and post more teachers to the district, especially to Akwabengkrom, to improve education in the area.
Residents of the community also expressed concern over the situation, describing it as disheartening that an entire junior high school has only one teacher handling all subjects.
They questioned how their children can compete with students in urban areas during the Basic Education Certificate Examination under such conditions.
The residents said that both the poor learning environment and the lack of teachers are affecting the quality of education in the community. They are therefore appealing to the Ghana Education Service and the Ministry of Education to post more teachers to the area so that their children can have equal access to quality education.
