Deserted faculty constructing turned enterprise centre, church hub
The standard babbling sounds of schoolchildren, bells for change of classes, and the flying excessive of the Ghana flag on public faculty compounds are lacking on the as soon as vibrant faculty premises of the outdated Mante-Din faculty at Tema Community 1.
Pupils and employees of the varsity had been relocated into a brand new website on the Oninku Drive School premises, the place one of many newly constructed Tema Industrial City School blocks was constructed to accommodate them.
The initiative championed by the then Tema Metropolitan Chief Executive, Mr. Isaac Ashai Odamtten, was geared toward revamping the tutorial sector of the metropolis.
After practically a decade of the relocating of the varsity inhabitants, the premises reverse the Tema Sports Stadium, which was initially deserted, have been taken over by small companies and church buildings.
The Ghana News Agency (GNA) noticed that a few of the deserted lecture rooms have been became manufacturing hubs for plantain chips and bread, whereas individuals collect in others to worship God each day and night time.
Mr. Isaac Mensah, a resident close to the deserted constructing, reminisced about its lively days, saying that they heard that the premises could be used for the development of a shopping center.
A former pupil of the varsity, who gave her identify as Cecilia, said that earlier than its relocation, the varsity had no lodging for Junior High School, noting that pupils from the varsity needed to proceed at different colleges.
She added, nonetheless, that the brand new construction made it attainable for them to have a JHS of their very own, making their schooling seamless.
Ms. Adwoa Ammisah, one other former pupil of Mante-din, praised the varsity for shaping their future, noting that although it’s presently not in use, the place doesn’t harbour criminals because of the lighting system and it getting used for enterprise operations and church actions.
She, nonetheless, appealed to authorities to rehabilitate the varsity construction to befit the realm as an alternative of its present state.
Mr. Charles Amos, the Assemblyman for the Padmore Electoral Area, informed the GNA that he allotted a few of the lecture rooms for the present actions there to keep off criminals.
“When the schools were relocated, it began to harbour criminals, so I told the churches to worship in there and maintain the place, but they are not paying anything to the assembly or to myself. When they are ready to use the place for the intended project, they will move out,” he added.
Source: GNA
