“Our classroom is like an oven” – Extreme heat worsening learning conditions in schools

At exactly the time pupils should be concentrating most in class, many are instead battling heat, sweat and exhaustion. Inside the Basic Six classroom at Alajo 1 Basic School in Accra, exercise books are no longer being used only for writing. Some pupils wave them repeatedly across their faces, trying to cool down as temperatures […]

By Emmanuel Dzivenu