Amaechi’s Alma Mater: Students Write Exams On Bare Floor

• The school, established in 1973 with a boarding facility for boys and girls, is the alma mater of Amaechi and the Commissioner for Information, Orientation and Strategy in the state, Ayibaina Duba.

Students have been forced to sit on bare floor to learn and write examinations in the secondary school that the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, attended.

The Gbaranowei Grammar School, Olokobiri, in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State lacked furniture. It was also observed that two class room blocks had badly deteriorated without ceilings, seats, doors and windows.

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The school, established in 1973 with a boarding facility for boys and girls, is the alma mater of Amaechi and the Commissioner for Information, Orientation and Strategy in the state, Ayibaina Duba.

It was learnt that the challenge of lack of seats in the school worsened after a flood in 2012 destroyed many chairs, as the few available now were provided by the Parent-Teacher Association.

In the SSS 2B classroom, there were just 11 chairs that could sit three students each of the 79 pupils in the class. The school has a total student population of over 2,000.

The staff room was no better, with not more than eight tables and chairs, while many of the teachers stood.

The Commissioner for Information, Orientation and Strategy, Ayibaina Duba, explained in an interview that the government was aware of the situation and steps were being taken to address it.