Some basic schools in the Eastern Region have reportedly reduced school hours following a shortage of some teaching materials, especially chalk, in those institutions.<\/p>\n
In some instances students are being made to bring their own chalk to school for classes to go on successfully.<\/p>\n
Some of the affected areas experiencing the shortage in teaching materials include Kwaebibirem and Akwatia districts.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”uZvb2XbZlyt5mGoW65gkBCoZVN3n3u4U”]Citi News<\/strong> Eastern Regional Correspondent, Kwame Appiah -Kubi, reported that the issue is affecting teaching and learning the region.<\/p>\n \u201cSome schools in the Eastern Region have run out of some teaching and learning materials since the beginning of this year making instructional hours extremely difficult,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Appiah-Kubi added that\u00a0\u201calmost all basic schools especially in the Kwaebibirem and Denkyembour are struggling to get chalk and other recording materials from their education directorates which hitherto were always at their disposal.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe situation has compelled teachers to reduce instructional hours drastically since dictating of notes as a methodology in teaching does and help pupils in the basic level. The situation has also necessitated some schools billing pupils on daily basis to purchase boxes of chalks.\u201d<\/p>\n A teacher in the Denkyembour district speaking to Citi News<\/strong> on condition of anonymity said \u201cfor the past month and over, we don\u2019t get chalk from the district education office. They don\u2019t have it because if they have it they will bring it to the schools.\u201d<\/p>\n The teacher in the region also added that they however devise means to raise money to buy a box of chalk \u201cand then when it\u2019s used up we find money again to buy another box.\u201d<\/p>\n Meanwhile, when Citi News<\/strong> contacted the Regional Directorate, the Public Relations office explained that such issue has not come to their attention.<\/p>\n We won’t give you chalk<\/strong><\/p>\n Mrs Matilda Amissah-Arthur, the wife of Vice President came under intense criticism about a year ago over her response<\/strong><\/a><\/span> to a chalk request made by the headmistress of Kukurantumi Presby School in the Eastern Region.<\/p>\n \u201cI think we have over pampered you people. Because we have provided free school uniforms so parents don\u2019t even want to buy basic things for their children,\u201d Mrs Amissah-Arthur complained.<\/p>\n But she later apologized for the comment.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Godwin A. Allotey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
\nFollow @AlloteyGodwin<\/a>
\n