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

Teaching and learning at Bresuano in the Atebubu-Amantin Municipality, Bono East Region, is hindered by insufficient classroom infrastructure and a shortage of adequate teachers, in violation of the Sustainable Development Goal on education (SDG4). SDG4 emphasizes the importance of providing inclusive, equitable, and high-quality education, along with lifelong learning opportunities for all.

However, at Bresuano, pupils from kindergarten to primary six are forced to learn in a dilapidated pavilion without proper partitions and doors. Only two teachers are responsible for instructing all pupils from kindergarten to primary six, a situation that the community and educators deem unacceptable.

Madam Magnus George Rita, a teacher at Bresuano, explains that she handles four classes—Primary One, Primary Two, Kindergarten One, and Kindergarten Two—in the same pavilion. She describes the experience as extremely challenging, as the pupils from the younger classes often disturb those in the older classes while she is teaching.

Rita, who reports to work at 8 a.m. daily, laments the difficulties in covering the curriculum due to these challenges. She acknowledges that the school previously had three teachers but currently only two are on duty, leading to her being burdened with four classes.

In response to the dire situation, the Municipal Assembly has provided furniture for the pupils to use in the pavilion. Additionally, construction of a new six-unit classroom block is underway to replace the crumbling pavilion. The Municipal Chief Executive for Atebubu-Amantin, Mr. Thomas Maswud Musah Ayarba, inspected the ongoing project and emphasized the intervention's purpose of addressing both the infrastructure and teacher deficits at Bresuano.

Ayarba assured that the completion of the six-unit block will provide the community with more classrooms and attract additional teachers to the area. The Bono East Regional Minister, Mr. Francis Owusu Antwi, who also participated in the inspection, commended the Municipal Assembly's efforts to improve the school's conditions. He expressed his satisfaction with the provided furniture and the construction of the six-unit classroom block, stating that the government is committed to ensuring that no child is left behind in the quest for quality education.