Good Natured Teachers Contribute Salaries to Pay Bills for School
- Frank Kwakye, the headmaster of Amankwatia M/A Junior High School in Kumasi has indicated that the staff pays the school's utility bills themselves
- According to him, since the administration is unable to take any monies from the students due to free education, the school cannot run if external funds don't come in
- He encouraged stakeholders to help the situation and told parents to help as well
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At Amankwatia M/A Junior High School in Kumasi, teachers have contributed from their own pockets to settle utility bills for the school as there are no external funds coming in.
According to a report by myjoyonline.com, Frank Kwakye, who is the headmaster of the school indicated that academic work has not been going on smoothly in the school due to the school's inability to settle its bills.
Due to this, the headmaster said that there are occasions when the staff of the school has had to make sure the school keeps running by putting together money from their own pockets.
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“In our offices, in our various IT rooms, we need electricity to function. And at times, teachers are forced to contribute from their pockets in order to buy electricity to finance school activities,” he said.
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Frank Kwakye attributed this challenge to the fact that school authorities have been cautioned never to take any money from students because of the free education.
He, therefore, called on parents to take it upon themselves to address the issues and appealed to the stakeholders to help end the challenge.
In other Briefly News reports, a South African teacher has opted to feed his learners, saying he cannot bear to deliver a lesson to hungry kids. Thoro Samuel Shili decided to share pictures on his Facebook page of him in front of his class and holding boxes of cereal.
According to his bio, Shili studied at the Tshwane University of Technology and says he is feeling blessed as he cannot teach kids on an empty stomach. He wrote on his social media page.
"“I Cannot Allow My Learners To Learn On An Empty Stomach.”
The post has attracted 596 comments and was liked more than 4 000 times and also enjoying as many shares.
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