The Aladja Community Council in Udu Local Government Area of Delta State has pleaded with the state governor, Sheriff Oborevwori to assist in fencing their schools as it poses a security threat to learning.
The chairman of the Education Committee of Aladja Community Council, Ejiro Damijo, has lamented the dearth of basic amenities in Ewvirhe Primary School and Aladja Grammar School, according to Daily Post.
He said that the lack of perimeter fencing in the school premises makes it difficult to control students.
“Students easily move around and even go home without returning because there is no gate to checkmate them,” he said.
He maintained that it also poses a security threat as hoodlums could assess the school without any form of restraint.
He added that the greatest concern of the community is to safeguard their children by providing a secure learning environment for them.
Amplifying the complaints of the headmistress and principal of the schools, respectively, about a dearth of desks and library facilities, Damijo appealed to Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, to use his office to solve the challenges facing the two schools.
According to him: “The community calls on Gov Oborevwori, who is an old student of Aladja Grammar School, to see that the fence is done shortly to curb truancy by the students who come late to school and leave before closing.”
He added: “If there is a fence, it will help the vigilantes (who help in maintaining law and order in the school) to check the excesses of the students and also stop the incursion of the community people into the school during and after school hours. Because there is no perimeter fence, it is easy for people to enter the school to steal.”
