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Scores of Students in Ejisu Displaced After Heavy Rainstorm

The rains which lasted for hours destroyed teaching and learning materials and the school’s storeroom where textbooks and other materials are kept have also been damaged.

Over 150 students of the Ejisu Senior High Technical School have been displaced following a rainstorm that ripped off the roof of the boys’ dormitory.

This incident which happened on Saturday, March 1, 2024, has left students stranded leaving them with no other choice but to seek shelter in classrooms.

The rains which lasted for hours destroyed teaching and learning materials. The school’s storeroom where textbooks and other materials are kept has also been damaged.

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Although the boys’ dormitory was the hardest hit reports indicate that, the students were at the dining hall when the incident happened adding that no injuries or casualties have been recorded.

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Meanwhile, an interim accommodation has been set up for the affected students while engineers and officers of the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) from the Ejisu Municipal Assembly have begun an assessment of the damage.

The Municipal Chief Executive for Ejisu, Samuel Oduro Frimpong has also assured the school with the Education Director and gave assurances of intervening

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