The Ghana Muslim Mission Senior High School (SHS) at Beposo in the Sekyere Central District of the Ashanti Region is struggling with severe overcrowding due to inadequate infrastructure and several abandoned development projects.

School authorities say the institution, which is the largest senior high school in the district, has a student population of more than 3,000 but lacks the necessary infrastructure to support effective teaching and learning.

Speaking to Adom News, the Board Chairman of the Ghana Muslim Mission Schools, Dr. Sheikh Amin Bonsu, expressed concern over what he described as years of neglect following the government’s takeover of the school from the Ghana Muslim Mission.

According to him, despite the school’s growing enrolment, infrastructure development has not kept pace with demand, thereby affecting the quality of education.

“The government began constructing a classroom block for the school in 2015, but the project has remained abandoned. As a result, the increasing student population has put enormous pressure on the available classrooms, forcing students to study under overcrowded conditions. We appeal to the government to prioritise the completion of the project to improve teaching and learning,” he said.

Dr. Bonsu further disclosed that the school does not have an assembly hall or a dining hall, compelling students to hold assemblies and dine in shifts due to inadequate facilities.

A Physics teacher at the school, Alhaji Ibrahim Ebe Adam Okyere, also told Adom News reporter Kwadwo Obeng Mireku that the school lacks adequate dormitory accommodation and has only one bus to serve its large student population.

“We have seen the government investing in infrastructure in other schools. We are appealing to the authorities to remember us because we are facing serious challenges that are affecting both students and staff,” he pleaded.

The Ghana Muslim Mission SHS serves students from Beposo and many surrounding communities in the Sekyere Central District.

School authorities are therefore calling on the government, the Ministry of Education, and the Ghana Education Service (GES) to urgently address the school’s infrastructure challenges to enhance teaching and learning and improve the overall quality of education.