Source: Ghanaian Times
The Principal of Keta Nursing and Midwifery Training College in the Volta Region, Ms Mabel Kafui Torku, has expressed concern over the school’s inadequate hostel facilities.
She said the school, with a population of about 849, had space for only 100 students in the hostel, where “the rest of 749 students must find an apartment in town, making it difficult for on-campus early morning and evening teaching and learning.”
Ms Torku disclosed this to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) during an interview and further explained that most students were scattered in many apartments within the Keta and adjoining areas, causing discomfort to the students and others.
“The safety of my students is not guaranteed since they are exposed to all forms of risks such as rape, sexual assaults, and others,” she added.
Other challenges, she mentioned, included a lack of computer laboratories, inadequate teaching materials, and teachers’ bungalows.
Mr Foster Gbedenya, Dean of Student Affairs, revealed that the school would continue to do its best regardless of their challenges.
“Our main aim and target is to produce the best midwives and nurses to serve mother Ghana, and that is what we have been doing over the years,” she said.
Mr Gbedenya appealed to the government and philanthropists to support the school in solving its many challenges.
