Asankrangwa, (W/R) March 1, - GNA - Properties worth millions of cedis belonging to 40 students of the Asankrangwa Secondary School (ASANCO) in the Wassa Amenfi District of the Western Region, was burnt to ashes when fire swept through three of the girl's dormitories on February 17 this year.
Mr. Joseph Bagbin and Mr. Kofi A. Amoah headmaster and assistant headmaster respectively, told journalists after an inspection of the affected dormitories on Friday.
Some of the items destroyed, included students mattresses, textbooks, school uniforms, trunks and chop boxes, provisions, louver blades and frames, mosquito netting and electrical fittings in all the three dormitories.
They said around 10:00 pm that night, they heard the girls shouting and when they arrived at the scene, the three dormitories, which housed final year students, were ablaze, while the students looked on helplessly.
Some of the teachers and people living around the school, on hearing the news, rushed to the school to give a helping hand but they could not put out the fire due to its intensity.
They said attempts to reach the Ghana National Fire Service, proved futile since their telephone line, had then, been disconnected but when they finally arrived, the fire had totally destroyed everything. They added that, presently some of the students are being accommodated in one of the classrooms, while the rest are in an uncompleted bungalow. The school had set up a committee to investigate the cause of the fire and it would submit its report on March 3 this year.
Mr. Samuel Alberto Takyi, the District Chief Executive visited the school and expressed his sympathy to the affected students, while the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) had presented the victims with 40 students mattresses and blankets.
Mr. Bagbin and Mr. Amoah appealed to the Ghana Education Service, philanthropists, Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) and other stakeholders in education, to go to the aid of the affected students.
Asankrangwa, (W/R) March 1, - GNA - Properties worth millions of cedis belonging to 40 students of the Asankrangwa Secondary School (ASANCO) in the Wassa Amenfi District of the Western Region, was burnt to ashes when fire swept through three of the girl's dormitories on February 17 this year.
Mr. Joseph Bagbin and Mr. Kofi A. Amoah headmaster and assistant headmaster respectively, told journalists after an inspection of the affected dormitories on Friday.
Some of the items destroyed, included students mattresses, textbooks, school uniforms, trunks and chop boxes, provisions, louver blades and frames, mosquito netting and electrical fittings in all the three dormitories.
They said around 10:00 pm that night, they heard the girls shouting and when they arrived at the scene, the three dormitories, which housed final year students, were ablaze, while the students looked on helplessly.
Some of the teachers and people living around the school, on hearing the news, rushed to the school to give a helping hand but they could not put out the fire due to its intensity.
They said attempts to reach the Ghana National Fire Service, proved futile since their telephone line, had then, been disconnected but when they finally arrived, the fire had totally destroyed everything. They added that, presently some of the students are being accommodated in one of the classrooms, while the rest are in an uncompleted bungalow. The school had set up a committee to investigate the cause of the fire and it would submit its report on March 3 this year.
Mr. Samuel Alberto Takyi, the District Chief Executive visited the school and expressed his sympathy to the affected students, while the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) had presented the victims with 40 students mattresses and blankets.
Mr. Bagbin and Mr. Amoah appealed to the Ghana Education Service, philanthropists, Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) and other stakeholders in education, to go to the aid of the affected students.
