Dilapidation, vandalism and disrepair has forced students and teachers in some schools to abandon their workstations for alternative 'shelter' under trees and in open spaces for some learning to continue. One such school is Masilo Community Junior Secondary School to the west of Molepolole village. Opened in 1996, perched on top of a hilly terrain overlooking the village, the once admirable Masilo has deteriorated in academic performance and its dilapidated infrastructure has become an eyesore, endangering the lives of learners and instructors. A recent visit by The Patriot on Sunday uncovered a terrible state of disrepair in almost all the classrooms and laboratories where students attend lessons on a daily basis. All around the classrooms in the school there were falling ceilings, precariously hanging roofing materials, no doors, no lighting/electricity, no water, no window panes, filth all over the place, cracked floors, no storage lockers, and no science equipment in what used to be science laboratories. The destruction is evident long before a visitor gains access to the administration block and classrooms. Right at the main entrance to the school, the guard room lies in a sorry state of dilapidation with smashed windows. Workers at the school explain that everything…