Mount Camel Girls’ Senior High School faces infrastructural challenges

Reverend Sister Christiana Ifeabunike, Headmistress for Mount Camel Senior High School has expressed concern over some stalled educational infrastructure projects in the school for some years now.

Rev. Sister Ifeabunike disclosed that about two major projects including a three-unit dormitory and a multipurpose dinning hall have been left uncompleted.

She said the situation is mounting pressure on the existing structures in the school, saying "These projects when completed would improve the school’s fortunes and make it a first-class second circle institution in the country."

She mentioned that these projects started in somewhere 2014 has become a worry to both students and school authorities.

Rev. Sister Ifeabunike noted that the 17-year-old school established in 2006 by the Catholic Mission and later absorbed by the Government of Ghana in 2012 is focused on providing academic excellence with moral values to contribute to providing quality human resources for nation-building but the current situation is undermining their efforts.

Rev. Sister Ifeabunike expressed this concern on Wednesday in an interview with this reporter at the school’s premises in Techiman, the regional capital.

She added that the absence of the facilities to complement the existing ones was impeding academic work in the school and that stakeholders should expedite actions to complete the projects to improve academic progress among other things.

She hinted that due to the inadequate dorms to accommodate the students some classrooms have been converted into dormitories as the student population continues to increase over the years.

Touching on academic performance, Rev. Sister Ifeabunike noted that even though the school continues to face some challenges it does perform well in many academic disciplines including the West Africa Senior High Scholl Certificate Examination (WASSCE) National Maths and Science Quiz and sporting activities.

Rev. Sister Ifeabunike commended the staff of the school and other stakeholders for their selfless efforts in contributing to moulding the students to become responsible adults and contribute to community transformation among other things.