{"id":351226,"date":"2017-09-07T06:00:58","date_gmt":"2017-09-07T06:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=351226"},"modified":"2017-11-10T12:04:25","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T12:04:25","slug":"over-6000-shs-classrooms-need-repairs-infographic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/09\/over-6000-shs-classrooms-need-repairs-infographic\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 6,000 SHS classrooms need repairs [Infographic]"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over 6,000 classrooms within the various Senior High Schools in Ghana are in deplorable states as they need repairs.<\/p>\n

Whereas about 1,984 SHS classrooms need major repair works, 4,079 require minor touches.<\/p>\n

Ghana as at 2015 had 863 Senior High School. Of the number 562 are run by government while the remaining 301 are privately owned.<\/p>\n

This was contained in a Ministry of Education report dubbed: Report on basic statistics and planning parameters for Senior High Schools in Ghana for the 2014\/2015 academic year.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”lkCwKumE9MKXC107fh7THCJjlKAH5dUO”]According to the report, Ghana could boast of 18,532 permanent classrooms which represented a 5.8% increase as compared to the figure of 2013\/2014 academic year which was 17,523.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026there are 18,532 permanent classrooms in the schools, and this represents an increase of 5.8% over the 2013\/2014 figure of 17,523. Out of the 18,532 permanent classrooms, 1,984 classrooms need major repairs, and this constitutes a reduction of 6.1% when compared to the previous year\u2019s figure of 2,114. Again, of the total number of permanent classrooms, 4,079 of them need minor repairs, and this represents a marginal increase of 0.6% over the previous year\u2019s figure of 4,053,\u201d the report added.<\/p>\n

The report also noted that generally, Ashanti Region \u201chas the highest number of classrooms needing major repairs (322) while the Upper East Region has the lowest number (75).\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026The percentage of permanent classrooms in Senior High Schools needing major repairs is 10.7%, representing a drop of 3.8% when related to the 2013\/2014 figure. The percentage of permanent classrooms in Senior High Schools needing minor repairs is 22.0%, showing a drop of 4.8% over the previous year\u2019s figure of 23.1%.\u201d<\/p>\n

The report also showed that comparing the conditions of facilities by regional figures, SHS classrooms in the Volta Region \u201care in the worst state of disrepair with 16.1% of permanent classrooms needing major repairs while the Ashanti Region has the lowest figure (8.0%).\u201d<\/p>\n

Free SHS policy & rush for School placements\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

This information comes at a time when there is a rush for SHS placements following the rolling out of government’s free SHS policy.<\/p>\n

The Ghana Education Service (GES), last week Friday announced the posting of over 400,000 BECE candidates to various Senior High Schools in the country.<\/p>\n

Following the breakdown of the website for the computerised placement system, government subsequently introduced a new website to facilitate the process and extended a 48-hour deadline for the registration to Thursday, September 7, 2017.<\/p>\n

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By: Godwin Akweiteh Allotey & Melvin Clottey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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