🪑 Furniture Crisis in Asante Mampong Schools
The Asante Mampong Municipality in Ghana’s Ashanti Region is grappling with a severe shortage of classroom furniture, threatening the quality of education for thousands of students.
According to the Deputy Director of Education, Mr David Doe explained that the area faces a deficit of over 3000 pieces of furniture, including desks and chairs.
This shortage has forced many pupils to sit on the floor or share limited seating, creating uncomfortable and distracting learning environments.
The situation is particularly dire in schools like Abontem M/A Primary, where hundreds of children are reportedly learning under trees due to a lack of classroom space and furniture.
Despite repeated appeals to the Municipal Assembly and Education Directorate, the problem remains unresolved. Education advocates warn that without urgent intervention, the region risks undermining students’ academic performance and long-term development.
Local authorities, NGOs, and corporate partners are being urged to support efforts to furnish classrooms and restore dignity to learning spaces across the municipality.
In a swift response to the above hurdles confronting education in the area ,
Turbo Ghana has stepped up in a big way to support the Mampong Muslim Mission Basic School, which was facing serious shortages in classroom furniture.
The school had only 26 desks for over 150 students, forcing them to borrow furniture weekly from a nearby Arabic Saturday school.
– 🪑 Providing 100 desks to the school, sourced at 350 GHC each—totaling about 35,000 GHC (roughly ÂŁ2,500)
–Â Installing a new borehole pump to restore access to clean water, since the previous one broke down
– đźš˝ Planning to renovate the student toilets, which are currently unusable due to structural damage
They’re also helping the school set up a sustainable funding system by encouraging small parental contributions and selling water to the local community. This could generate enough revenue to cover basic supplies like chalk and paper.
