RAYMOND OZOJI reports
Umuchima Community Primary School pupils in Uli, Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State have been subjected to the vicissitudes of life as a result of the very deplorable conditions of their school infrastructures before the intervention of Hon. Engr. Anayochukwu Charles Ojiako, Mayor and Chairman of Ihiala council area.
The children have been learning in very dilapidated classrooms with open roofs and corrugated walls on verge of collapse such that whenever it rained, the pupils became completely drenched in their classrooms and shivering with cold because of the leaking roofs.
Umuchima community primary school pupils were not equally spared in sun scorching afternoons as the heat of the sun descended on them because the dilapidated classrooms could not shelter them from the tormenting heat of hot weather conditions.
That was the pathetic story of the Head Mistress Amuka Amara Chinenye, who narrated the ordeals of the pupils. She told this journalist that the school was like a deserted area with bushes everywhere when she assumed duty as head mistress (HM) of the school.
She said the pupils used to study in the rain and in the sun because the classrooms had no roofs to shelter them. She said it was a terrible experience for the pupils until she ran to the local government chairman, Hon. Engr. Anayochukwu Charles Ojiako, who intervened with the construction of two classroom blocks, fully furnished with electrical fittings and other paraphernalia.
Apart from construction of classrooms, the Head Mistress equally disclosed that the Mayor provided solar-powered borehole water facility for the school which she said is functional and accessible by the pupils and teachers.
The HM disclosed also that the Local Government Chairman has assisted the school with educational materials which were given to the pupils free of charge, describing his response and proactive steps as very timely.
She therefore expressed profound gratitude and appreciation to the Mayor for the interventions, saying that the pupils now have a conducive learning environment and cognitive development.
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