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Disability Accessibility Audit Report ACCESSIBILITY AUDIT ON BASIC AND SECOND CYCLE SCHOOLS STRUCTURES IN THE HO MUNICIPALITY This report gives analysis of baseline survey and provides up-to-date baseline data/evidence of inaccessibility nature of several basic and second cycle schools structures in the Ho Municipality. There are a total of 340 basic and second cycle schools in the Ho Municipality. VOLPHIG surveyed 216 of these schools. Analysis of responses from authorities of the schools surveyed indicated that 94.4% of the schools have no provision of access for persons with disabilities. Majority of the schools also have poor access to their toilet, urinals, libraries and ICT centre for persons with disabilities. Some schools have verandas and walkways that have stairs in between them and cannot be used by persons with disabilities. The findings indicated gross abuse of Sections 6 and 60 of the Persons with Disability Act, 2006 (Act, 715), which mandates owners and occupiers of public buildings including schools to provide easy access for persons with disabilities. The report draws on the findings to provide recommendations for improving access to schools structures in the Ho Municipality for persons with disabilities. Introduction VOLPHIG is a registered NGO managed for and by people with disabilities in the Volta Region. The organization is focused on working across disability to build capacity of cross disability self-help groups at the grassroots level in Ghana. VOLPHIG had received funding from the STAR-Ghana - Strengthening Transparency, Accountability and Responsiveness in Ghana www.star-ghana.org to carry out vigorous advocacy to ensure school structures in the Ho Municipality are made accessible for use by persons with disability. VOLPHIG‟s focus is on basic and second cycle schools in the municipality. The project is addressing implementation of Section 6 of the Persons with Disability Act, 2006, which stipulates that “the owner or occupier of a place to which the public has access shall provide appropriate facilities that make the place accessible to and available for use by a person with disability”. Section 60 of the same Act made transitional provision of 10 years (up to 2016) for all existing and new public buildings including schools to be disability friendly. The statistics from the Ho Municipal Education Directorate, Ho; gives a total of 340 basic and second cycle schools in the municipality. This comprises 286 public schools and 54 private schools. A total of 187 are Primary Schools, 132 are Junior High Schools and 21 are Senior High Schools. In the Primary School category, 157 are public schools including Unit Schools while 30 are Private Primary Schools. There are 114 Public Junior High Schools including Unit Schools and 18 Private Junior High Schools. In the Senior High School category, 15 are Public Senior High Schools including Unit Schools and 6 are Private Senior High Schools. As part of this project, VOLPHIG conducted a comprehensive accessibility audit on 216 basic and senior high school structures (existing and new structures) between 26th April and 9th June 2011 to ascertain accessibility status of these structures. This includes 18 new schools project currently under construction with funding from the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund). We have included the survey questionnaire, list of schools surveyed and some photos for your perusal at the end of this report. 1 Analysis of Responses The survey outcome is analysed in tables 1-11 below. Table 1: Category of Schools Surveyed Schools No Percentage Primary 110 51 JHS 93 43 SHS 13 6 Total 216 100 Table 1 indicates a total of 216 Basic and Senior High Schools surveyed by VOLPHIG. 110 of the schools, representing 51% were Primary Schools. 93 schools, which represent 43%, were Junior High schools and 13 schools, representing 6% were Senior High Schools. The total schools surveyed include18 new GETFund School structures, currently under construction in the Ho Municipality, comprising 9 Primary Schools, 6 Junior High Schools and 3 Senior High Schools. Table 2: Information about Children with Disability Schools No. of PWDs Primary 406 JHS 213 SHS 20 Total 639 Table 2 shows the number of children with disabilities in the 216 schools surveyed. In all, 406 children were identified as having physical, hearing and intellectual disability in Primary Schools. 213 children were identified in Junior High Schools while 20 were identified in the Senior High Schools surveyed. Table 3: Awareness about the Persons with Disability Act, 2006 Number Percentage Aware 155 72 Not Aware 61 28 Total 216 100 Table 3 checked the level of awareness about the Persons with Disability Act, 2006 among local schools authorities. 155 respondents, (majority were Head teachers) representing 72% said they are aware of the Disability Act, that promotes the rights of persons with disabilities in Ghana but did not know much about its content. On the other hand, 61 of the respondents, which represent 28%, said they were not aware of any Act for persons with disabilities. 2 Table 4: Awareness to Provide Access to Schools by 2016 Number Percentage Aware 87 40 Not Aware 129 60 Total 216 100 Table 4 sampled the awareness level of respondents in respect of Sections 6 and 60 of the Persons with Disability Act, which mandate owners and occupiers of public buildings including schools to provide access for persons with disabilities by 2016. 87 of the respondents, representing 40% said they were aware that the Act made provision for access to public buildings for persons with disabilities. Majority of the respondents, i.e. 129, representing 60% said they were not aware of this legislative framework. We noticed from the survey that majority of the respondents have general knowledge about the Act, as indicated in table 3 above. Few other respondents as shown in table 4 were also aware that public buildings including school structure have to be made accessible for use by persons with disabilities. However, none of the respondents were aware that owner or occupier of an existing building to which the public has access shall within ten years of the commencement of the Act (up to 2016) make that building accessible to and available for use by a person with disability. Table 5: Plan of Providing Access Schools Number Schools with Schools with Plan No Plan Primary 110 7 103 (3%) (48%) JHS 93 8 85 (4%) (39%) SHS 13 4 9 (2%) (4%) Total 216 19 197 (9%) (91%) Table 5 checked if the various schools surveyed have any plan to provide access ramps for use by persons with disabilities. Majority of respondents, i.e. 197; representing 91% confirmed that they have no short or long term plans to improve access to their school structures for the disabled. Only 19 of the respondents that represent 9% said they have some plans to collaborate with PTAs and Town Development Committees to provide access ramps to their schools in future for persons with disabilities. Table 6: Accessible Classrooms/Staff Areas Schools classrooms on Classrooms Classrooms flat surface with access with no access Primary 4 5 101 (1.9%) (2.3%) (49%) JHS 2 NIL 91 (0.9%) (0%) (43%) SHS Nil 1 12 (0%) (0.5%) (5.5%) Total 6 6 204 (2.8%) (2.8%) (94.4%) 3 Table 6 checked if classrooms of the 198 existing schools surveyed including 18 new GETFund school blocks, currently under construction have provision of access for persons with disabilities, especially wheelchair users. The survey confirmed that only 6 schools, representing 2.8% have some access ramps. These access ramps are not even of Universal Design. 6 other classrooms, representing another 2.8% were on flat surface and may not require access ramps. However, 204 schools, representing 94.4% were found of not accessible for persons with disabilities. This shows that many schools in the Ho Municipality have no provision of access and this has become a barrier to the education of persons with disabilities, especially children. Table 7: Obstacle Free Walkway/Verandas Schools Schools Verandas with Verandas With Access with No Walkways Access Primary 13 65 32 (6%) (30%) (15%) JHS 13 48 32 (6%) (22%) (15%) SHS Nil 8 5 (0%) (3.7%) (2.3%) Total 26 121 69 (12%) (56%) (32%) Table 7 looked at how verandas and walkways to classrooms and staff areas are free from obstacles such as stair cases, walls etc. that persons with disabilities, especially wheelchair users and people with visual impairment can use. The survey confirmed that 26 out of the 216 schools surveyed, representing 12% have walkways with open gutters in front of them and if covered, will make them more accessible for persons with disabilities. 121 schools that formed 56% have open and obstacle free verandas to classrooms that can be used by persons with disabilities including wheelchair users and people with visual impairment. 69 schools, representing 32% have verandas and walkways that have stairs in between them and cannot be used by persons with disabilities. Table 8: Accessible Urinal Schools Schools Urinals with Urinals with Without Access No Access Urinals Primary 11 69 30 (5%) (32%) (14%) JHS 8 58 27 (4%) (27%) (12%) SHS Nil 7 6 (0%) (3%) (3%) Total 19 134 63 (9%) (62%) (29%) In Table 8, we find out if the schools we surveyed have urinal that are accessible for use by persons with disabilities. 19 of the schools, representing 9% do not have urinals. 63 schools, which represent 29% have urinals, which are not accessible for persons with disabilities while 134 schools surveyed, representing 62% have accessible urinal for use by persons with disabilities. This includes urinals built on flat lands that require no access ramps. 4 Table 9: Accessible Toilet Schools Schools Toilet with Toilet with Without Toilet Access No Access Primary 29 42 39 (13%) (19.4%) (18%) JHS 24 35 34 (11%) (16.2%) (16%) SHS 1 8 4 (0.5%) (4%) (1.9%) Total 54 85 77 (24.5%) (39.6%) (35.9%) Table 9 checked if the schools surveyed, have accessible toilet that can be used by a person with disability, especially person with physical disability and visual impairment.
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