The 2003 year group of Kpando Senior High School has broken ground for the construction of a 4-unit classroom block to supplement the existing ones, which cannot accommodate all students.
Established in 1953, Kpando Senior High School, popularly known as KPASEC, has over the years produced notable individuals in the country.
However, the school, which was established to accommodate around 1000 students, now holds over 3000 students.
This has placed a heavier burden on the school’s infrastructure, causing unease among students and teachers.
The headmaster of the school, Charles Evans Apreku, in a Citi News interview, says that infrastructural challenges have been a major issue in the school.
“We now have over 3000 students. The biggest challenge we have now is the numbers, the number we are confronted with to admit, meanwhile our infrastructure, the classrooms, dining hall, and assembly hall are not able to accommodate all. We have appealed to our old students to take up the mandate and add to the existing structures because the government alone cannot do it.”
The headmaster further appealed to old students and stakeholders to come to the aid of the school.
“We are hopeful that other past students will also help us. We want others to come and help us. We don’t just rely on the government, so we are urging all old students to come on board.”
The President of the 2003 year group of the Kpasec Old Students Association, Gift Tsamah, said the initiative will help improve education in the school.
He also called on stakeholders and old students to partner with the school for development.
“The 70th anniversary of the school coincides with the 20th anniversary of our year group as well. In line with the theme of the anniversary, which is Quality Education, Collective Responsibility, we, as a year group, have noted that challenges, and having been through this school, it is right to give back.”
“We have put together a design to build a 4-unit classroom block to cater to the excess students, having noticed that the school has been lacking the needed infrastructure which is hindering the delivery of quality education.”
According to the year group’s president, the “project will definitely solve a bit of the challenge, and we are still calling on other year groups and benevolent people to help the school.”