A
shocking incident has left parents worried after a school principal
revealed that over 42 students have been caught in class watching
pornography.
*Photo used for illustrative purpose*
A school Principal took drastic action against his students by
seizing their phones after 42 of the pupils were caught viewing
pornographic materials while teachers were in class teaching.
The Principal of the Schlenker Secondary School in Port Loko,
Chernor Sahid Kamara area of Sierra Leone disclosed this during an
interview with the guardians of the students while assessing the overall
performance of the students in public exams.
According to him, most of the students have developed a very bad
habit of playing and viewing pornographic materials while teachers are
in front of them teaching, causing them to be distracted from the
lessons.
He lamented that students in the school are misusing social media
as he said they are fond of playing music and chatting on Facebook,
Whatsapp, among other social media, while studies are going on in
classes.
“I called the parents of those students to a meeting and I
handed over the mobile phones to them. I categorically told them that it
is not bad to buy mobile phones for their children but that the
children are misusing them.
We had fruitful discussions and at the end of the meeting, they
authorized me to punish any of their children who go against the ethics
of the classroom,” he explained.
He said because of the monitoring mechanisms that they have adopted
in the school, most of the students have been performing extremely well
in public exams.
He cited one Sorie Ibrahim Kanu who got ‘aggregate seven’ in eight
subjects in the past Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE)
results.
“We have been making efforts to get good results because in
schools like this which is situated in the provinces, it is very
difficult to attract trained and qualified teachers. We are making good
use of the few available ones as well as making the atmosphere very
conducive for them to stay,” he said.
The principal used the opportunity to call on the government to assist the school as they are ill equiped.
“Our school is a center for students who are taking science
practical within Port Loko town during the West Africa Senior Secondary
School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). If we have problems with our
science equipment, it affects all the science students from other
schools during the examinations,” he said.
Abdul Raman Koroma, the teacher in-charge of the Biology, Chemistry
and Physics department said the science laboratory in the school lacks
modern gadgets. He added that there is an urgent need to get them so as
to enhance teaching and learning.
“Also, science materials which are not seen when teaching
discourage them. For instance, if I’m teaching about acid,
spectrometers, thermometers, which are not available for the students to
see, they will not be interested in the subject,” he said.
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