New Abirem, (E/R) April 27, GNA – An 18-year-old pupil of the New Abirem L/A “B” Junior High School, Cynthia Ayisi had the unfortunate experience of writing her Basic Education Certificate Examinations (BECE) for this year.
She had to lay flat on her stomach to write the examinations. She had serious burns on her buttocks, fingers and feet after falling into a boiling palm oil on April 10. Narrating her sad incident to the Ghana News Agency before the
start of the mathematics paper at the New Abirem/Afosu Senior High
School centre at New Abirem, the girl said during the Easter break,
she was helping her mother to process the palm oil when she
accidentally slipped and fell into it. According to the girl who wants to be a nurse in the future, her
mutual health insurance has expired and as a result could not go to
the hospital for treatment and had to go to a chemical shop for
medical assistance. Meanwhile Eric Atakorah, Birim North District Director of
Education has intervened by appealing to the authorities of the New
Abirem Government Hospital who have agreed for the girl to be
given proper medical treatment.
Source: GhanaWeb
