Kwakoko (Ash), Nov 9, GNA - The Municipal Chief Executive of the Asante-Akim North Municipality, Mr Thomas Osei-Bonsu, has condemned teachers in deprived communities who rarely go the classroom to teach. He has, therefore, demanded punitive sanctions against the offending teachers in his area by the Municipal Education Directorate. Additionally, he advised the directorate to strengthen supervision in the schools.

Pupils in rural communities, he said, deserved as much attention as their counterparts in the urban centres and cities.

Mr Osei-Bonsu had gone to the Kwakoko Methodist Primary School to inspect a newly-built three-unit classroom for the school and found out that three of the teachers were not at post.

Those present could not give any tangible explanation for the absence of their colleagues.

Mr Osei-Bonsu asked teachers to stop taking undue advantage of school children in remote communities and not toy with the future of the young ones.

He encouraged people in the communities to report lazy and absentee teachers to the appropriate authorities.

Parents with kids in the school complained about the habitual absence of some of the teachers and said they were afraid to bring this to the attention of the Education Directorate because of the difficulty of getting teachers to accept posting there.

Mrs Naana Abudu, the Municipal Director of Education, was among officials who accompanied the MCE on the inspection visit.