JHS DROPOUTS TURN TEACHERS IN BUNKPURUGU-YUNYOO

JHS DROPOUTS TURN TEACHERS IN BUNKPURUGU-YUNYOO

Investigations in the Bunkpurugu-Yunyoo district of the Northern Region has revealed that basic school pupils in the district are being handled by Junior High School dropouts as volunteers due to the refusal of ‘run away’ teachers to return to post.
As a result of the protracted chieftaincy and land conflicts that erupted in parts of the district lately, teachers and health personnel who fled the area have since not returned to post.
The only health facility in the Temaa community was burnt beyond repairs during the recent conflict between two Konkomba clans of Temaa and Namong communities.
This situation has left many pregnant women at the mercy of Traditional Birth Attendants with emergency cases referred to the Nalerigu Baptist Mission Centre.
Speaking to in an exclusive interview, Yunyoo Dana Yamyia Tokah of the Yunyoo paramoutncy complained that the situation has worsened the falling standard of education in the district.
The Yunyoo Dana said attempts to promote girl child education in the area have declined and this he noted will affect the district’s human resource capacity.
He therefore appealed to the Ghana Education Service and the Ghana Health Service to post enough teachers and health workers to the district to save residents from dying of hunger, illiteracy and diseases.
He also assured personnel’s who vacate their post to return as the place has return to it normal status and business activities are also going on smoothly in the area.