Gbarpolu – The Belle District Education Officer (DEO) Mr. Latta V. Bemah says lack of safe drinking water on the schools’ campus in the entire district, a situation that is putting hundreds of students at risk. School administrators usually advised students to take with them drinking water on their various campuses, according to the DEO. According to him, in the absence of a hand pump, students are drinking from creeks, while others boycott class once they need to drink. Belle district has 21 school – sixteen public, four community, and one private school. Excluding Belle Fassama School, students do not pay tuition in the 20 other schools, Mr. Bemah said.

Source: Front Page Africa April 05, 2019 01:18 UTC