Some pupils of Weweso M/A Junior High School (JHS) in Kumasi have revealed they save up portions of money given to them for food to purchase sanitary pads. The pupils lamented that the expensive cost of the hygienic pads on the market is worsening the discomfort associated with their monthly …
Read More »Tamale teacher sentenced to 7-year jail term for sodomising 18 pupils
A Social Studies teacher in Tamale has been sentenced to a 7-year jail term for sodomising 18 pupils. Mr Natomah Otabil was guilty of the crime by the Tamale Circuit Court. All his victims are pupils of Kulpi Junior High School in the Savanna Region. He was first apprehended by …
Read More »Headteacher sentenced to death after pupil’s death
A high court in the northern Nigerian city of Kano has sentenced a primary school owner and his friend to death by hanging for the kidnapping and subsequent killing of a five-year-old pupil. Abdulmalik Tanko and his friend Hashimu Isiyaku were found guilty on Thursday. A woman, said to be …
Read More »PHOTOS: Pupils of Borae No2 displaced after heavy rainstorm
Pupils of Borae No. 2 in the Krachi Nchumuru district in the Oti region have been displaced after a heavy downpour. The rainstorm, which hit the community and its environs, ripped off the roofs of Borae Foundation Primary and Junior High School and Borae D/A Primary “A” School. A visit …
Read More »PHOTOS: Cement blocks used as chairs by Pechie Basic School pupils
Pupils of Pechie Basic School in the Krachi West Municipality of the Oti Region are forced to sit on cement blocks and on the bare floor to study due to lack of proper infrastructure. The situation, according to community members, is negatively impacting the quality of their children’s education. A …
Read More »3 KG pupils washed away after downpour at Moree
Three Pupil of Moree D/A Basic School in the Abura Asebu Kwamankese District escaped death after water washed them while playing in flood water after heavy rains on Wednesday, June 15. Information gathered by Kasapa FM news Yaw Boagyan revealed that these pupils were in the Classroom when the flood …
Read More »Six pupils killed, 13 injured after truck, bakkie collide
Six pupils have died in an accident in the Eastern Cape after a truck and a bakkie transporting school children collided, and then ploughed into pupils on the side of the road who were walking home. Police said the children are aged between 14 and 18. Police spokesperson Brigadier Tembinkosi Kinana …
Read More »PHOTOS: Pupils of Amanin M/A Primary School escape collapse of school building
Parts of Amanin M/A Primary School in the Offinso municipality in the Ashanti Region have collapsed after a heavy downpour on Friday. A teacher of the school stated that due to the poor condition of the building, the pupils were asked to leave as soon as the weather became cloudy. …
Read More »Pupils abandon school to harvest tomato
Pupils of Nsuta Dahomey D/A Basic School in Fanteakwa South District in Eastern region have abandoned school to harvest tomatoes and assist their parents in selling at the market. Absenteeism is high during tomato harvesting season in June and July every year. The situation is affecting academic performance of the …
Read More »VIDEO&PHOTOS: 30 pupils involved in accident at Oyoko
About 30 pupils, a female teacher and driver of the Pentecost Preparatory School in Koforidua have been involved in a near fatal accident Thursday morning . Only few sustained injuries but all victims have been rushed to the Eastern Regional Hospital in Koforidua. The accident occurred at about 7:00am while …
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