UGHELLI/Nigeria: An appeal has gone out to the Delta State Government (DTSG) over decaying and lack of necessary infrastructure in Oharisi Secondary School in Ughelli.
The Principal, Mr Freeborn Oghra, made the appeal during an interactive media chat with newsmen in the school.
Mr Ogra stated that the challenge of poor and decaying of existing infrastructure had become a source of concern because the school was one of the major government secondary schools situated in the main town of Ughelli.
Mr Oghra who revealed that Oharisi Secondary School was home to a large population of students with the challenge of inadequate desks and classrooms, added that laboratories for the sciences, computer and home economics as well as a hall for school activities were among the necessary infrastructure the school needed.
“We need desks. The Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education was kind enough to supply us one hundred desks. This is not enough because of the large population we have here.
“As big as this school is, we don’t have laboratories. This school is supposed to have functional laboratories. At least, six laboratories for Agriculture, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Computer and Home Economics as it is done in some other schools,” he said.
Speaking further the principal lamented that they always had to grapple with the challenge of leaking roofs in some of the classrooms, just as he added that the road leading to the classrooms was always water logged whenever it rained.
He decried the abandonment of a 6 classroom building project by the previous administration, even as he commended Governor Okowa for the soon to be completed renovation of a block of 6 classroom building in the school.
“I have to specially commend the Delta State Government, especially the Commissioner for Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education for approving this project.
“Before now, this building was in a very deplorable state. This will help us alot, but that does not solve our problem. We need at least, 12 classrooms more in this school. It will go a long way in solving our accommodation problem,” he emphasised.
