Poor attendance has marked the resumption of classes in many schools during this academic year.
A team of reporters visited the campuses of several schools in and around the capitol yesterday.
Amongst those schools visited were the Wells Hairston High School on Michelin Street, Worldwide Mission School on Newport Street, Elizabeth Crawford High School on Carey Street, Cathedral Catholic School and Matilda New Junior High School, among others.
At Worldwide Mission High School, Reuben Fiamah told this paper that since the government officially announced registration process and the resumption of classes, they have been having low turnout.
He explained that his institution has recorded less than 80 students who have fully completed their registration process since it began on Monday, August 15 as instructed by the Ministry of Education.
He continued that only 78 students have registered so far as the Worldwide Mission School always takes about 700 students in a year.
Fiamah explained further that because of the financial constraint, parents or guardians of students have been visiting their campus daily thereby making financial commitments.
“They asked us daily to help them to keep their children in schools so that they can try to raise the tuition and that is something embarrassing because it leads to a deficit in running the school,” he noted.
The Vice Principal of the Wells Hairston High School, Michael Davies, said there was a meeting held between the parents and teachers where the parents and guardians appealed to the school to reschedule the resumption.
He said Wells Hairston has less than 150 students registered for now and such a situation could lead to the school not resuming classes on schedule.
“The school is aimed at promoting government educational programs therefore our fees remain at an affordable level for students. This year seems to be one of the worst academic years if there could be another crisis facing our school systems in this country,” he added.
