Tuesday, 17 September 2013

"The Cluster With Clutter"...

Shrouded in the cluster of many,Kanda Estate 1 primary school has been one of many but today,we take a look at this rare gem which I might say is a diamond in the rough.Built on 24th May,1988,this bird had risen from the ashes with the help of Mrs.Louisa Parker,Miss Margret Kittin,Mrs. Beatrice Mfodwo,Mrs. Celestine Anthony and Miss Dorcas Ackah.

The school rose to the ranks to be one of the best in the area and having gone through many a trial,it had risen and now has an enrollment of over thousand pupils.With six classrooms to call home many pupils find their dreams in these four walks being taught subjects such as citizenship education which hitherto used to be known as social studies to better equip them with knowledge of the society around them.

The race they say is not for the swift,certainly this gem has taken its time and in accordance to Accra Metropolitan Assembly has abolished the shift-system with the school it used to run with 'Kanda 4 primary' this home of theirs has never been void as they share a compound with many a school,the Kanda Estate 2 primary and JHS,the ringroad school,the A.M.A school which is only a JHS,but this has never deterred them from reaching their fall potential as a government institution in the sense that pupils seen as lacking in their studies one often kept behind a year just to make sure they meet the desired standards of learning.Many may come and go but in this school many move on to the next stage but hardly do new members come to join the family.

One is amazed by the issue that capitation grants which are awarded to each school(public) has been seen only in the year before,as this grant is to enable the school keep body and soul together by repairing basic damages done to it such as broken windows,cupboards and the like.
To loose a penny is to find gold in so doing the pupils are educated free of charge,for them not to worry their parents for school fees or fear the fact of being driven out of their classrooms,all they do worry about is how to study and understand what knowledge acquired can do for a person.
Lucky for these chaps,they have willing teachers in the persons of Lydia Amponsah,Robert Nkansah and a Headmistress Dorothy Appiah who says the school is set to sail inspite of its challenges.
FRONT VIEW OF THE SCHOOL. Picture by Prosper  Mawuli  Dagba
Picture  Credit; Prosper  Mawuli  Dagba