From Death Trap to Haven of Learning: Abamkrom Islamic Basic School Receives New Six-Classroom Block
Teachers, pupils and parents of Abamkrom Islamic Basic School can finally breathe a sigh of relief after years of teaching and learning under the constant threat of a deteriorating school structure. The school community has entered a new era of safety and hope following the commissioning of a newly constructed six-classroom block through a partnership between the Ebro Foundation and Me Boafo Foundation. The new facility comprises six modern classrooms, a headteacher’s office and a staff common room, replacing a dilapidated structure that the school’s headteacher, Lurifa Issah, described as a “death trap.” “We, the teachers and the students, are free from death. We can now learn in peace, all because of the state of the school building now,” Mr. Issah told the media as he expressed his profound gratitude to the two foundations. For years, the poor condition of the old school building affected teaching, learning and enrolment. According to the headteacher, some pa...