<<Print>>Citi News’ visit to the Kukurantumi Presby School in the Eastern Region which received five computers from the Second Lady, Matilda Amissah-Arthur does not have electricity to use them.
This perhaps explains why the headmistress of the school, Juliet Oppong rather requested for chalk because it was a more pressing need than computers which could not be powered.
Mrs. Amissah-Arthur has come under fire for publicly rebuking the headmistress of the school earlier this week for requesting for chalk and log books from government despite the gesture.
The second lady had gone to the school to donate five computers but after the presentation, Mrs. Oppong made an appeal saying, “the elderly say if you want to communicate something to God, you say it to the wind, we are therefore requesting of you to tell government to try and come to our aide with these things which are in short supply in the school…”
But the second lady who was obviously not pleased with the request proceeded to chastise the headmistress in the presence of the chiefs and people of the area who had gathered for the ceremony.
“I think we have over pampered you people. Because we have provided free school uniforms so parents don’t even want to buy basic things for their children…I will not give you chalk today, neither will I give it to you tomorrow. You have teachers; you have the PTA, go and buy chalk for the school,” she fumed.
Host of the Citi Breakfast Show Bernad Avle and and co-host Kwadwo Akoto Boateng paid a visit to the school to get first hand information about their needs.
The school has well manicured lawns, new classroom blocks, washroom facilities, among others.
But the basic needs such as chalks, books, log books, continuous assessment forms were in short supply.
Most of the pupils the Citi News team spoke to also requested for chalks, books, register and log books.