Anambra High School Organisees Post Trauma Counseling For Students After Lightning Accident
The management of Tansi college, Umudo, Okpuno Awka in Anambra capital says it was holding post trauma counseling sessions for students following the lightning strike accident that befell the school.
Rev. Fr Fidelis Izuako said this when the leadership of Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Anambra Chapter paid the college condolence visit.
Izuako who commended the students for fastly overcoming the shock said the lighting strike accident left an indelible scar in the life of the school.
The priest commended Nigerians especially the body of sports writers for their solidarity with the school.
“We are having general post trauma counseling for the students. Immediately after that incident, they became very afraid , especially those in the affected class. Some of them were still visualising how they were relating with the deceased.
“They were afraid to sleep in their various bunks, they were living in clusters because the trauma was much on them.
“But we have psychologists who have been coming talking to them and helping them to overcome their fear,” he said.
Izuako said the six students who survived the strike had fully recovered and were presently with their parents.
He said this would enable them regain full consciousness, confidence and become completely reintegrated.
The Principal said this categories of students will undergo personal counselling when they return to school.
In a remark, Chimezie Anaso, Chairman of SWAN in Anambra commiserated with the parents and school management for the accident and sad loss of three students.
Anaso who led other members of Exco to deliver the association’s condolence letter commended Tansi International College for their commitment and contributions to sports development in Anambra and the country by extension.
He said the unfortunate incident should not discourage the school from engaging in sports activities or cause the students to withdraw from developing their psychomotor domains.
Recall that lightning strike hit nine students of the college during a mild rain while they were playing football on the pitch on Nov. 5, leaving three of them dead.
