Emene Community High School Teachers And Students Seeking For Government Intervention 

Emene Community High School Teachers And Students Seeking For Government Intervention 

Emene Community High School is one of the scores of secondary schools in the Enugu metropolis. The school which is located in the Enugu East local government area is arguably one of the most populated schools in the state.

Its classroom blocks are not adequate for the student population in the school. Therefore, students are packed like sardines with hardly enough space for teachers to teach or move around.

A close look at the situation in the school showed that 90 to 100 students were packed in one classroom meant for about 45 students. Some who could not find space hung on windows, a situation that had reportedly led to the breaking of window blades.

“We have about 2,002 students in the school. For the last session, we were about 2,002 students but if you exclude the Senior School 3 students who left the last team, I don’t know the actual population now but be reminded also that we are admitting new students now.

Some of the teachers stay in the corridor and when you are in the corridor you will not know what is happening in the classroom. So we need more structures to make teaching and learning conducive.

On other challenges faced by teachers in the school, the teacher said, “We don’t have enough tables and chairs for teachers.

“We also don’t have enough teachers and with the current transfer issues going on now, we don’t have enough teachers in Community High School, Emene.”

A student in junior secondary school class three, who simply gave his name as Okechukwu said, “We don’t have enough classrooms and because of that, classes are always overcrowded.

“In my class, we are about 98 in number – two classes were combined. Both JSS 3A and 3B are forced to stay in one class. So in that class, we have about 98 students in a class that is supposed to accommodate not more than 50 students.

“Many students don’t use desks because they don’t have sitting space. What they do is attach themselves to those students who have space. Often, some students stand while class is going on.

There is always so much noise in the classrooms because students hardly see what teachers write on the board. They hardly hear the teachers because of overcrowded classrooms.

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