Builsa South lawmaker, Dr Clement Apaak, has told the people of Ghana that the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Former President John Dramani Mahama, would eliminate the problem of furniture deficits in the basic schools if he is elected president again.
Dr Apaak said this after observing that about 1 million pupils in Ghana sit on the floor to learn.
Describing this situation as unacceptable, the ranking member on the parliament’s committee on education noted that this problem is affecting the quality of education at the basic level.
Speaking in an interview with TV3’s Kemmini Amanor on the Hot Issues on Sunday, May 12, he stated said “[John Mahama] will address the issue of the furniture shortage. As we speak now, we have a furniture deficit in excess of one million.
“What that means is that about one million of our wards go to school every day and they have to sit on the floor or sit on blocks to study. That clearly cannot be acceptable.”
About 1 million pupils sit in the floor to learn in Ghana – Dr Clement Apaak, MP for Builsa South on funding basic education.#HotIssues pic.twitter.com/ElkjlPUyPy
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