Grand Bassa County – Students of the main public high school in District #3 in Grand Bassa County on Monday morning stormed the provisional town of Compound #3, demanding teachers ahead of their first semester exams. Currently, the junior and senior high sections of the school have only six teachers on payroll and volunteer teachers have now dropped the chalk because they are not being compensated. “In this high school, there are no teachers,” said Emmanuel Blanton of the 12th grade, the leader of the aggrieved students. One of the volunteer teachers, Nathaniel Briggs lamented his frustration, and despite their services to the school, the government has ignored their concerns. “We are wrong, (because) once you (students) don’t have teachers, we should be the ones to be there and solve the problem,” she said.

Source: Front Page Africa February 07, 2017 02:23 UTC