Children’s Education hindered by access barriers: The struggle of Sakagyano community

Prominent among these reasons are, the lack of a school in the community and its surrounding communities, the discouraging distance to the closest school, and economic hardships.

“Some of these young men and women have a lot of potential but because there is no school in the community, they wander aimlessly at night when you expect them to be asleep.

Due to the money that they make from these activities, many children in the community do not have the desire to go to school.

What makes the situation more alarming is that these children who play about in the community instead of going to school, are often involved in accidents with tricycles and other vehicles that move about in the community.

 Likewise, a fellow youth in this community who for instance gets five Ghana Cedis as sustenance money for school but gets twice that amount for working at the beach, will weigh these options and choose to drop out of school and work at the beach for money.”

They request that the government provide a school for their community, or provide a form of free transport for the children in the community to ease daily transportation struggles.

This is worrying and needs immediate attention because, the few children who are currently in school, will probably end up like Kojo Bonney, Kwame Dampson, and many other youngsters in the community if the situation persists.