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Pupils, Teacher Sit On Bare Floor, Mat In Adamawa School

Pupils, Teacher Sit On Bare Floor, Mat In Adamawa School
September 30, 2022

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, a former Vice President, is also from Adamawa.

The state of Government Secondary School, Federal Housing Estate, Bajabure in the Girei Local Government Area of Adamawa State, has become so disheartening that teachers and pupils have to sit on the bare floor or mats.

TrackaNG, who visited the school located in Yola, the state capital, also revealed that the current condition of the building shared by primary and secondary schools for learning is so terrible that primary 3 class has no teacher while there is no furniture for pupils in primary 1 to 5.

Ahmadu Fintiri is the governor of Adamawa. The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, a former Vice President, is also from Adamawa.

It was further revealed that due to the condition of the school, lessons do not hold simultaneously for primary and secondary school pupils. Rather, the primary school does the morning session for pupils while the secondary school does the afternoon session.

On its Twitter page, TrackaNG which attached photos of pupils and teachers sitting on the bare floor during lesson hour, wrote “Pupils and teachers sit on the bare floor and mat Inside the school in Adamawa state capital.

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“The poor learning condition of the pupils in the primary school, Federal housing estate Bajabure Girei LGA, Adamawa State.

“We visited the school and discovered the deplorable state of learning, where both primary and secondary schools share the same building for learning in Yola town. The primary school have their classes in the morning while the secondary school does the afternoon session.

“Also, primary three class has no teacher and primary three, one, two, four and five class pupils have no furniture to sit on. Some of the pupils have no uniform because their parents can’t afford it.”

Meanwhile, the state House of Assembly last December approved a N163.68 billion budget estimate for 2022.