The right to learn

Located in West Ghana is a ‘floating’ village known as Nzulezo. This village built on Lake Tadane intrigues many tourists, however, the lack of education is prominent in this village. The dark, murky swamplands often influence qualified teachers to move away, with only a few teachers staying and teaching students.

The school in the village of Nzulezo currently has 81 students in 4 classrooms, with only 2 teachers teaching. Emmanuel Bonsu, a teacher who has worked there for 14 years says, “Most teachers don’t stay long. They are scared of the water.” A factor that has made teachers afraid of the waters is the lack of awareness to learn to swim. In Ghana, it is not common to know how to swim due to its lack of facilities and opportunities, thus many teachers decide to leave the village of Nzulezo.

Evans Cudjoe, the second teacher at the school states that if the school were to be provided with more safety equipment such as “lifejackets [and] boats”, it would create incentives to attract teachers to work at the village. Cudjoe also points out that students have the potential to “grow up well and become the teachers”.

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