Member of Parliament for Builsa South , Dr. Clement Apaak, has highlighted the alarming reality of over 5,000 schools currently operating under trees in Ghana.

He criticized the Akufo-Addo administration for allowing this situation to persist, contrasting it with the efforts of the previous Mahama administration, which he claimed had nearly eradicated schools under trees.

Speaking on TV3’s Hot Issues, Dr. Apaak underscored another pressing issue: the shortage of furniture in basic schools, affecting approximately 1 million pupils who are forced to study while seated on the floor.

He emphasized that Former President John Dramani Mahama, his party's flagbearer, would prioritize addressing this furniture deficit to improve the learning environment in basic schools.

“What that means is that about one million of our wards go to school every day and they have to sit on the floor or sit on blocks to study. That clearly cannot be acceptable.”