Okuapeman Senior High School in desperate need of computers

The management and students of Okuapemman Senior High School have expressed a desperate need for computers following a recent theft of computers in the school.

The incident happened when the school went on a short break during the Easter festivities.

Peter Anoma-Kodie, an alumnus of the school told the Ghana News Agency that thieves broke into the ICT laboratory of the school and made away with about 10 desktop computers, four laptop computers and a sound system, which was mostly used by students for oral English.

The school has many students who are visually impaired but do not know how to use the braille, so, they rely heavily on computers and laptops to do their academic work.

Anoma-Kodie expressed concern about the effect of the theft on the students because they will be writing their West Africa Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in three months.

He said the visually impaired students will be the most affected if they do not get computers to write the exams.

He stated that the absence of computers and the sound system will also affect how the school prepares the students for the final exams.

Anoma-Kodie said, “we would want to appeal to the public and government through the ministry of education, corporate Ghana, NGOs and churches that this was an emergency, and we need their support as soon as possible.

“We need, as a matter of urgency about 20 desktop computers and 10 laptop computers before July so we can prepare the visually impaired students for the WASSCE exams. We will also need a good sound system for the Oral English and lectures at the center.”

Okuapeman Senior High School located in Akropong in the Akuapem North Municipality of the Eastern Region.

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