{"id":153930,"date":"2015-09-23T07:18:06","date_gmt":"2015-09-23T07:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=153930"},"modified":"2015-09-23T07:18:06","modified_gmt":"2015-09-23T07:18:06","slug":"tamale-sakasaka-presbyterian-school-overcrowded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=153930","title":{"rendered":"Tamale-Sakasaka Presbyterian school overcrowded"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">One of the best performing schools in the Northern Regional capital\u00a0of\u00a0Tamale, the Sakasaka Presbyterian primary school is faced\u00a0with overcrowding.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With a population of 850 students, the school can only boast of three classroom blocks and a makeshift structure accommodating JHS\u00a0one students.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">All classrooms at the Kindergarten, lower and upper primary levels are congested.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/school-in-tamale-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-153935 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/school-in-tamale-1.jpg\" alt=\"school in tamale (1)\" width=\"533\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/school-in-tamale-1.jpg 533w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/school-in-tamale-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The school authorities are compelled to halt admissions during the 2015\/16 academic season.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The school\u2019s\u2019 headteacher, Anena Victor, in a <strong>Citi News<\/strong> interview called for government\u2019s immediate intervention.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI am appealing to government to assist us raise one of the blocks or even the front view of the school into a storey building to accommodate the entire school.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/school-in-tamale-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-153936 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/school-in-tamale-2.jpg\" alt=\"school in tamale (2)\" width=\"533\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/school-in-tamale-2.jpg 533w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/school-in-tamale-2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He lamented that \u201cBecause of our\u00a0performance, people from outside the metropolis from Kumbungu, Savelugu and Tamale the periphery, are coming here for admission. Our classrooms are choked and so we need expansion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/school-in-tamale-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-153938 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/school-in-tamale-4.jpg\" alt=\"school in tamale (4)\" width=\"533\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/school-in-tamale-4.jpg 533w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/school-in-tamale-4-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Anena Victor commended some past students of the school for networking to uplift their Alma-Mata.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He promised to motivate the teachers to maintain the school\u2019s\u00a0performance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Abdul Karim Naatogmah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the best performing schools in the Northern Regional capital\u00a0of\u00a0Tamale, the Sakasaka Presbyterian primary school is faced\u00a0with overcrowding. With a population of 850 students, the school can only boast of three classroom blocks and a makeshift structure accommodating JHS\u00a0one students. All classrooms at the Kindergarten, lower and upper primary levels are congested. 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