The school was established in 1960 with less than 60 students, and the student population now is more than 1,000, but there has not been any additional infrastructure neither has any rehabilitation works taken place there. Currently, only the Administration and Science blocks are in good shape. The school, which was selected for development into a model one, is yet to see its facilities upgraded to that status. The assembly hall, which is used for entertainment and other school functions, I can collapse at anytime if no urgent measures are taken to save the situation. The ceiling of the hall of the 50-year-old structure has fallen off, the roof leaks and the electric cables are dangerously exposed. The school looks like an abandoned premises even though some of its facilities are still in use. The girls' dormitory, which was designed to take 15 girls and their belongings, is currently accommodating about 90 girls. Some of them do not have access to beds, and therefore sleep on their student mattresses which they place on the floor. The Arts theatre has been converted into a classroom and the furniture in the classrooms are so closely packed that there is little space for the students to move about. This is as a result of the increase in the intake of the students without the corresponding expansion in infrastructure. At the moment, the top floor of one of the boy's dormitories is being used as a classroom for first year students. It is a long hall that has been partitioned with plywood but without windows and so whenever it rains or the sun is too hot, academic work is either suspended or the students have to shift to where they can reduce the discomfort. Most endowed schools have a good library, a sick bay and toilet facilities, but RASCO has none of such facilities. If a student is sick' at night, he or she has to be rushed to the government facility, which is a distance from the school. Sadly enough the road to the school is also very bad. According to the headmaster of the school, Mr. Kojo Egya, it was only the hand of God that had prevented any disaster during functions at the assembly hall. At present, the pressing needs of students are classrooms, a well equipped library and good furniture to "enhance their academic work. In spite of all these difficulties, the students are said to be disciplined and perform well in final examinations.
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