Crowded Class
Photo: Sammed
Madame Judith teaches in the nursery school. She does not have a proper classroom and has set up a temporary school in what is supposed to be the teacher’s barracks. Forty seven girls and 27 boys (74 students) are crammed into the small classroom. Madame Judith treats the children as though they are her own she uses her meager salary to buy food, clothing and sandals for the children whose parents cannot afford them. Many parents do not send their children to school because they cannot afford to pay for the uniforms or the Parent Teacher Association fees. A uniform costs about four dollars and fifty cents. School fees in the public schools are around three dollars per year.
Formed from the merger of the British colony of the Gold Coast and the Togoland trust territory, Ghana in 1957 became the first sub-Saharan country in colonial Africa to gain its independence. A long series of coups resulted in the suspension of the ... ... read more 
