More than 50 children in Lawui drop out of basic school every year; residents beg for school facilities
Every year, at least 50 pupils at the Lawui D/A Primary School in the Akatsi South District of the Volta Region, are unable to further their education to Junior High School after completing Primary six. The reason being that the community has no JHS facility as the Lawui D/A Primary School which is the only school that provides basic education to children from nine other surrounding villages cannot accommodate more pupils. Apart from lacking JHS blocks, pupils are forced to learn under sheds roofed with straws because the two 3-unit classroom blocks are not enough to accommodate the over 350 kindergarten and primary school pupils. The headteacher and staff of the school have no office. They sit under a tree, a situation which is reportedly making teaching and learning difficult. Teachers sit under this tree Mr. Peter Senu, Headmaster of the school, laments how most of the students drop out of school due to the lack of JHS facility in t