Teachers At Wurapong M/A Junior High School in the Yilo Krobo district of the Eastern Region have fled the community due to incessant attacks on them by armed robbers.
The situation is affecting academic work in the school since the teachers took the decision last week. Four teachers, including the headmaster of the school, have been robbed once or had their rooms ransacked by unknown persons in the community.
This has compelled some of the teachers and the headmaster of the school to vacate the community for safety reasons.
“Last week for instance, I attended school twice, just like my other colleagues, we go to school as and when we get the means,” headmaster of the school, Frank Narh Abublah revealed in an interview with the Daily Heritage.
The latest attack happened last week when the headmaster of the school, Frank Narh Abublah, escaped attack by some suspected armed robbers.
According to the headmaster, the criminals broke into his room at night and ransacked the room, took away one out of two laptops and GHC700.00. He said, fortunately for him, he was out of town on that fateful day.
The headmaster further explained that the assistant headmistress and two other teachers have also suffered similar attacks in which valuable items were stolen.
He said, this has put fear in the teachers in the community, leading to some of them deserting their posts to avert any misfortune.
He added that, four out of five teachers have been compelled to live with their families in Koforidua, Nkurakan and Agogo and only attend school when they have the transportation means.
The headmaster stated that the robbery cases have been reported to the police, but no arrests have been made yet.
He said the school's management committee has been informed about their decision not to live in the community again until the perpetrators are brought to book.
The assembly member for the area, Hon. Opeley assured that the community is making frantic efforts to arrest the perpetrators.
According to him, announcements have been made throughout the village through the 'gong gong beater' to the effect that residents in the community must help apprehend the suspects.
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