Teacher accommodation in Anyankamamu
Rationale and planning
Anyankamamu school is difficult to access and as a result, teachers are disadvantaged by teaching there. One teacher expressed it like this: “We can’t afford the 300 cedis (£20) each month for our travel to Kofiase, and waste an hour each way”. As a junior teacher’s salary is about 1000 cedis (£65) per month, this is very understandable.
The teacher accommodation will be situated within the school grounds, and will have five rooms. The nine teachers are happy to share rooms (two teachers in each room). Building the teacher accommodation will improve the prospects of the school children, by giving them more access to teachers in the afternoons and evenings, and ensuring that the school can successfully recruit and retain good teachers. Turbo Ghana has previously built teachers accommodation twice; once in Aframano in 2020, and once in Kontonho in 2024. In Aframano, the accommodation is very popular and appreciated by teachers.
Anyankamamu Primary school was established in 1992, and has eight class rooms. The head teacher Mr Frimpong gave us these numbers:
| Class | Boys | Girls |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten 1 | 30 | 22 |
| Kindergarten 2 | 10 | 16 |
| Primary 1 | 13 | 8 |
| Primary 2 | 8 | 15 |
| Primary 3 | 11 | 14 |
| Primary 4 | 12 | 17 |
| Primary 5 | 10 | 12 |
| Primary 6 | 12 | 9 |
| ——— | ——— | ——— |
| Total | 106 | 113 |
Kwasi has prepared a budget. We have told the teachers and community members that this is on our list of projects, and they are very happy. They have already sent us a thank you letter, in which they promise to contribute community labour, including fetching water (which will be quite some task) and filling the foundation trenches.
Here is the location of the school. You can just about see it if you click to show the satellite view. It’s about half way between Aframano and Kofiase.