Bresuano School Crisis: one teacher handles four classes as pupils learn in pavilion; Assembly begins six-unit block

Teaching and learning at Bresuano Community School in the Atebubu-Amantin Municipality of Bono East Region is severely impacted by insufficient classroom infrastructure and a shortage of qualified teachers, despite the Sustainable Development Goal on education, SDG4, which aims for inclusive and equitable quality education and lifelong learning opportunities for all.

SDG4 stresses the importance of having enough trained teachers and adequate classroom blocks to ensure children learn in a safe, decent, and conducive environment. However, this is not the case at Bresuano, where pupils from Kindergarten to Primary Six are studying in a dilapidated pavilion without proper partitions, doors, or a conducive atmosphere for teaching and learning.

The pavilion is manned by only two teachers, who are handling all pupils from KG to P6, a situation deemed unacceptable by the community and teachers. Madam Magnus George Rita, a teacher at the school, explained that she is grappling with the responsibility of teaching four classes—Primary One, Primary Two, Kindergarten One, and Kindergarten Two—in the same pavilion, causing significant disruptions and making it nearly impossible to effectively teach.

She laments that the current arrangement hinders her ability to cover the syllabus and express frustration at not being able to dedicate enough time to each class. The Municipal Assembly has, however, taken immediate action by providing furniture for the school in the pavilion while constructing a new six-unit classroom block to replace the dilapidated structure.

The Municipal Chief Executive for Atebubu-Amantin, Mr. Thomas Maswud Musah Ayarba, highlighted that the intervention aims to address the infrastructure and teacher deficit challenges. He assured that upon completion, more teachers will be posted to the school, ensuring a better learning environment for the students. Mr. Ayarba emphasized the future-oriented vision of the Assembly, noting that Bresuano is set to grow into a larger community, underscoring the necessity of providing a proper school for the children’s education.

The Bono East Regional Minister, Mr. Francis Owusu Antwi, who inspected the ongoing project, expressed satisfaction with the Assembly's intervention, commending their efforts to provide a more suitable learning environment and better-equipped classrooms for the pupils. He emphasized government's commitment to ensuring no child is left behind in the pursuit of quality education and assured further support to enhance education delivery in communities like Bresuano, like those in deprived areas.