Defecation in classrooms: GES shuts down three schools

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Kofi 6 years ago

Call the chiefs to come and clean it if it happens again

Call the chiefs to come and clean it if it happens again
TKD 5 6 years ago

Do the chiefs have a hand or knowledge in the defecation exercise for them to go cleaning it up or just for your dislike of chiefs?
As a country should we always be asking "WHO" instead of "WHY" the solution to most of our ...
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Do the chiefs have a hand or knowledge in the defecation exercise for them to go cleaning it up or just for your dislike of chiefs?
As a country should we always be asking "WHO" instead of "WHY" the solution to most of our draw backs would always be elusive.The chiefs assistance can help solve this but not holding them responsible for what they know nothing about. Please respect them.
Adjei Koti 6 years ago

Get the police to lay surveillance and arrest the people and prosecute them to serve as a deterrent.
Why close the schools? What will the kids do?

Get the police to lay surveillance and arrest the people and prosecute them to serve as a deterrent.
Why close the schools? What will the kids do?
AGBESI KWESI 6 years ago

The defecation could be caused by lunatics who don't even know what they are doing. Please, help implement the mental law to the letter.

The defecation could be caused by lunatics who don't even know what they are doing. Please, help implement the mental law to the letter.
Kwadaso 6 years ago

There's a very low cost solution to resolve this.We could use a Fencing machine to install high barbed wire fences around schools to keep people out after school hours.It cost way less than building a wall around each school ...
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There's a very low cost solution to resolve this.We could use a Fencing machine to install high barbed wire fences around schools to keep people out after school hours.It cost way less than building a wall around each school and walls can be easily scaled.But more importantly this ties into the larger problem of inadequate security at our schools and I am quite sure we will soon be forced to look into long term solutions such as cameras and uniformed Roving Guards.But for the time being we could make it almost impossible for people to gain unauthorized entry into the schools with high barbed wire fences.
Tweaa dc. 6 years ago

YES..THE SCHOOLS MUST BE FENCED WITH BARBED WIRE AND GUARDS ENGAGED FOR EACH OF THE SCHOOLS TO PROTECT THEM. JUST CLOSING THE SCHOOLS WILL DEFEAT THE VERY REASONS SCHOOLS ARE ESTABLISHED FOR.

YES..THE SCHOOLS MUST BE FENCED WITH BARBED WIRE AND GUARDS ENGAGED FOR EACH OF THE SCHOOLS TO PROTECT THEM. JUST CLOSING THE SCHOOLS WILL DEFEAT THE VERY REASONS SCHOOLS ARE ESTABLISHED FOR.
Ab 6 years ago

Govt built schools but fail to add toilet facilities and hand washing basins . What do they expect classrooms used as public toilets instead of being used for further education for adult in communities. This is what happens w ...
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Govt built schools but fail to add toilet facilities and hand washing basins . What do they expect classrooms used as public toilets instead of being used for further education for adult in communities. This is what happens when so called Ministry of Education fails to listen to people who cares for their communities.
Kwame 6 years ago

OH Ghana. Close the schools. No mention of the faith of the students. where would they be going to school now?

OH Ghana. Close the schools. No mention of the faith of the students. where would they be going to school now?
Ab 6 years ago

Community leaders must be involved to turn the situation into a positive one. Build toilets for the community, use classrooms as adult education for the community to enlighten then, provide free ICT to all.

Community leaders must be involved to turn the situation into a positive one. Build toilets for the community, use classrooms as adult education for the community to enlighten then, provide free ICT to all.
Ashirawe Paannya 6 years ago

Ghana Education Service I wish to have your email address for an important message. I tried on several occasion but to no avail.

Ghana Education Service I wish to have your email address for an important message. I tried on several occasion but to no avail.
Dr. Sam, Germany 6 years ago

I am a Forest Research Scientist based in Germany. In 1995, I initiated a Tree Planting Project „Planting of Trees on Ghanaian School compounds“ with 4 Schools in the Central Region but now increased to 75, with school ch ...
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I am a Forest Research Scientist based in Germany. In 1995, I initiated a Tree Planting Project „Planting of Trees on Ghanaian School compounds“ with 4 Schools in the Central Region but now increased to 75, with school children planting beautiful trees on their School compounds. Solar lamps as incentive have been introduced into the project. A child gets a free solar lamp when he/she plants 4 trees and caters for them for 6 Months. Since every child is eager to receive a solar lamp, thousands of trees are being planted. A modern tree nursery has just been completed in September 2016 where 10,000 tree seedlings have already been nursed and distributed. The project is sustainable since it is being guided by environmental education.
I had the same Problem of defecation with one of the first 4 Schools which I made a KVIP toilet to be built for the pupils. Since the toilet was locked, the People around who had no Access to toilet facility broke into it to use and later turned the beautiful established forest on the coumpound into toilet and wee Smoking ground. All my efforts to let the Chief of Chief of the town stop the defecation proved futile. At Long last the beautiful trees were cut down with the excuse that ECG was going to put up electric lines exactly through the forest which will benefit the community more than the trees and this without compensation. I wept when I was informed and have still not got over the loss but this is considered normal in Ghana where the degradation of the Environment is of no concern to the society.

Contact info@schulwaelder.org
Nii Joromi 6 years ago

Simple solution. Some of the money used for buying luxury cars by government can build a public toilet for these poor rural folk.

Simple solution. Some of the money used for buying luxury cars by government can build a public toilet for these poor rural folk.
Agya Kwa?u 6 years ago

Why don'the we fence our schoolsite? Why don't we we insist that building a school without wall around it is an incomplete work? In the civilised countries ;i,e , UK here there is no school; nursery and college wit ...
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Why don'the we fence our schoolsite? Why don't we we insist that building a school without wall around it is an incomplete work? In the civilised countries ;i,e , UK here there is no school; nursery and college without fencing / wall with secured gates and CCTV monitoring those passing by the gate. What kind of people are that corruption , greed, selfishness and sheer wickedness have removed our thinking brains from our skulls and blinded us that we cannot learn any good from our colonial masters after 60 years of independent ? What are to do to stop this madness of classrooms defecation. Oh me man Ghana.
DD 6 years ago

GES should reopen the schools and the town folks provide volunteers to watch overnight as they look for a solution

GES should reopen the schools and the town folks provide volunteers to watch overnight as they look for a solution
Boat 6 years ago

Nkurases3m ne abayis3m wei nso fri hen? Anybody caught in the act must be punished severely.

Nkurases3m ne abayis3m wei nso fri hen? Anybody caught in the act must be punished severely.
GYIGYI 6 years ago

Hahahaha, classroom shitters? I laugh enter kokooase

Hahahaha, classroom shitters? I laugh enter kokooase
Nkansah 6 years ago

We still have a lot of vry primitive people living in Ghana.These people should be arrested to face the law.Idiots!

We still have a lot of vry primitive people living in Ghana.These people should be arrested to face the law.Idiots!
mr unknown 6 years ago

kwasia if u where in my shoes there u will kmow what GES is talking about, can a mad man shit and stay in the same place?
that is the behaviour of the town . If i were to be the district director, i will close the school for ...
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kwasia if u where in my shoes there u will kmow what GES is talking about, can a mad man shit and stay in the same place?
that is the behaviour of the town . If i were to be the district director, i will close the school forever. deficating and splashing it on the pupils desk, chalkboards and so, if it were u will u continue to teach at that place hmm.
GES has even consider the town by closing and allow the teacher stay untill they resist.
mr unknown 6 years ago

kwasia if u where in my shoes there u will kmow what GES is talking about, can a mad man shit and stay in the same place? that is the behaviour of the town . If i were to be the district director, i will close the school fore ...
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kwasia if u where in my shoes there u will kmow what GES is talking about, can a mad man shit and stay in the same place? that is the behaviour of the town . If i were to be the district director, i will close the school forever. deficating and splashing it on the pupils desk, chalkboards and so, if it were u will u continue to teach at that place hmm. GES has even consider the town by closing and allow the teacher stay untill they resist.
Sarah 6 years ago

Only in Ghana????????????

Only in Ghana????????????

Defecation in classrooms: GES shuts down three schools

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