Sign in | Join Messenger

Tags

Education

  • Government to invest in infrastructural development of schools

    Government is committed to mobilizing resources to upgrade the infrastructure of schools in the country, Mr Kofi Opoku Manu, Ashanti Regional Minister, has said.

    He said education was a vital tool to ensuring that Ghana developed its human resource base and that the only way this could be achieved is to give a face-lift to dilapidated school infrastructure to facilitate academic work.

    Mr Opoku Manu was speaking at the maiden speech and prize-giving day of Serwaa Nyarko Girls’ Senior High School in Kumasi.

    It was on the theme: “Enhancing Female Education through Better Infrastructure”.

    He said a better infrastructure coupled with the motivation of teachers would, in the long term help address inefficiencies in the nation’s education, stressing that government would, in this regard work hard to improve on the conditions of service of teachers.

    The Regional Minister commended the founders of school for the noble idea in establishing a girls’ school at this crucial moment in Ghana’s development pursuit, especially in girl-child education.

    He said, as far as women constituted a large component of the country’s population, their issues in respect of education needed to be taken seriously for an advanced society.

    Mr Mathew Opoku Prempeh, Member of Parliament (MP) for Manhyia, promised to help build an Information Communication Technology (ICT) centre at the school to upgrade the knowledge and skills of the students.

    He charged the students to be serious in their studies and be determined to overcome peer pressure for the sake of their career development.



    Source: GNA


    Posted Jul 07 2009, 11:29 AM by patience with no comments
    Filed under: , ,

  • Official resides in printing house with family

    Four years after his assumption of office as the Director of the Bureau of Ghana Languages (BGL), Mr Francis Ehom Kwaw, has not been provided with official accommodation.

    Consequently, he and his family have been using offices of the bureau as their residence.

    Some members of staff have alleged that his squatting was affecting work of the bureau, compelling them to print jobs outside.

    The Times learnt of this situation on Tuesday when the Minister of Chieftaincy and Culture, Mr. Alexander Asum-Ahensa, paid a familiarization visit to the bureau.

    But Mr Kwaw has discounted the workers' claim in an interview with the Time, saying, “before I assumed this position, the printing machine had broken down so my stay here is not in anyway affecting business."

    He, however, admitted that the bureau owed private printers more than GH¢20,000 for job done outside.

    He said, he had been compelled to stay in the offices because several promises by the Ministry of Water Resources, Works and Housing to get him accommodation had failed and he could not raise about GH¢4,500 to rent an apartment.

    Mr Kwaw said the fortunes of the bureau were fast dwindling since it hardly got contracts from the Ghana Education Service to supply books written in the 11 Ghanaian languages.

    He attributed this to the bureau being placed under the Ministry of Chieftaincy and Culture instead of the Ministry of Education, as used to be the case.

    "We do not even have the money to regularly buy the tender forms," he said.

    Given these difficulties, Mr Kwaw argued that it would do not make economic sense to buy a new printer at a great cost "when the mass of contracts the bureau receives is nothing to write home about."

    He said BGL has been collaborating with some private printing houses to print its materials explaining that the last printing job it undertook was done on credit which it was still paying.


    Source: The Ghanaian Times

    Posted May 08 2009, 06:45 AM by patience with no comments
    Filed under: , , , ,

  • Eight BECE candidates in Nkronza are pregnant

    Eight female candidates writing the Basic Education Certificate Examinations (BECE), at Yefri Junior High School centre in Nkoranza District in the Brong Ahafo are pregnant.

    This came to light when the Nkoranza District Director of Education and the Public Relations Officer of the Directorate, Nana Adu Baffoe Adade, visited the five centers in the district to monitor the examination.

    A total number of 1,850 candidates comprising 1,061 males and 789 females registered for the examinations and 26 candidates were absent at five centres in the district.

    The absentees were made up of 11 males and 15 females and no reasons were given for their absence.

    Other absentees were recorded at the Yefri centre where two candidates did not report whilst at Busunya Senior High School centre, seven candidates failed to report.

    At Nkoranza district ‘A’ Junior High School center, six candidates were absent.

    At Nkoranza Secondary Technical School centre, seven candidates were absent whilst five candidates were recorded at the Akuma district assembly Junior High School center, where it was reported that a female candidate, Rebecca Kyeremaa, died on February 27 this year during the school’s mock examinations.

    The Nkoranza district police commander, Superintendent D.O. Lomotey, has visited the centres to ensure adequate and effective security.

    Mr. John Kofi Amoah, Nkoranza District Examination Officer, told GNA that the candidates in the district were from 46 public and five private schools.

    He said that 76 examination officials made up of 64 invigilators and 12 supervisors were on duty to ensure the success of the examinations.

    Mr. Amoah called on heads of schools to ensure that candidates adhered strictly to rules and regulations governing the examination.


    Source: GNA

    Posted Apr 21 2009, 07:29 AM by patience with no comments
    Filed under: , , ,

  • Benyiwa-Doe urges pupils to perform well in examination

    Madam Ama Benyiwa-Doe, Central Regional Minister, on Monday visited some of examination centres in Gomoa East, West and Mfantseman West Districts, and Cape Coast Metropolis to encourage candidates writing this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).

    She urged them to endeavour to come out with ‘flying colours’ and warned them against engaging in examination malpractices that could jeopardise their future.

    Madam Benyiwa-Doe expressed concern about the dismal performance of some schools in the Region in the BECE that prevented many students from gaining admission into reputable Senior High Schools in the Region.

    She urged them to justify the investment government and their parents and guardians had made in their education by learning hard to attain higher laurels as future leaders to help in nation building.

    At Pomadze-Asebu Junior High School in Gomoa East District, 213 candidates from five schools were expected to write the examination but a candidate was absent

    At Gomoa West District which has 13 examination centres with expected 4,645 candidates, six out of the 606 candidates failed to turn up for the examination at Apam Senior High, and at Gomoa Secondary /Technical School examination centre three out of the 369 candidates were absent with no reasons given.

    Mfantseman West District with 10 examination centres has 4,039 candidates from 108 schools and at Mfantsiman Girl’s examination centre, all 486 candidates were present.

    In Cape Coast, Madam Benyiwa-Doe visited St Augustine’s examination centre and at Aggrey Memorial Zion School examination centre, all candidates from 18 schools were present.

    She was accompanied by Madam Rosemond Blay, Central Regional Director of Education and Mr Kobina Essandoh, Central Regional Co-ordinating Director.



    Source: GNA

    Posted Apr 21 2009, 07:16 AM by patience with no comments
    Filed under: , , , ,

  • KNUST students consult shrine over theft

    A spiritualist at Ejisu-Krapa near Kumasi, is in police custody accused of trial by ordeal after he allegedly burned the palms of a student of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, (KNUST).

    The student, Andy Oppong-Danso was accused by another student of theft.

    Nana Kwaku Kwapong, the spiritualist was said to have poured some concoction into the palms of Oppong-Danso, a third year Geomatic student, who was accused of stealing a laptop computer, a digital camera and a wallet containing an unspecified amount of money all belonging to Felix Asiamah, also a student of the university.

    The spiritualist thereafter allegedly recited some incantations and the concoction caught fire in the student’s palms, burning them badly.

    Assistant Superintendent of Police (ACP) Stephen Awuah-Baffour, Ejisu-Juaben Police Commander, who confirmed the incident to The Ghanaian Times newspaper, said that Oppong-Danso stayed in a hostel behind Asiama’s house.

    The police officer said on March 22, Asiamah claimed that the items had been stolen and suspected Oppong-Danso of the theft. Asiamah was said to have confronted Oppong-Danso who denied the offence.

    Asiamah allegedly consulted the spiritualist who asked him to bring anyone he suspected of the theft to his shrine for some rituals. ASP Awuah-Baffour said Asiamah again confronted Oppong-Danso and challenged him to go to prove his innocence at the shrine.

    Oppong-Danso obliged and followed Asiamah to the shrine where the spiritualist accused him of stealing the items. He denied the accusation and challenged Nana Kwapong to prove it.

    The spiritualist accepted the student’s challenge and poured the concoction into his palms and after reciting the incantations, it caught fire and burned his palms. A report was made to the police who arrested the spiritualist and after investigation, charged him with trial by ordeal. He was to appear before the Ejisu District Court last Friday but the court did not sit.



    Source: The Ghanaian Times

    Posted Apr 21 2009, 06:57 AM by patience with no comments
    Filed under: , , , , ,

  • Desist from exam malpractices – Tackie-Komme urges BECE candidates

    Candidates for this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in the Ashiedu-Keteke sub-Metropolitan Area have been advised to put their trust in God and desist from malpractices during the examination.

    The call was made by Mr Jonathan Nii Tackie-Komme, MP for the Odododiodioo constituency during a church service at the Mission to Nations International Ministries at Palladium in Accra on Saturday. The service was also to encourage the students to excel in the examination.

    The MP, who presented a Mathematical Set and pens to each of the candidates, advised them to be bold and adhere to the rules and regulations of the examination, which begins on Monday.

    Mr Tackie-Komme advised the candidates to concentrate on what they had been taught by their teachers and not to listen to their friends who approach them that they had the questions of the examinations.

    He advised them to avoid taking “foreign materials” into the examination room and also listen and obey instructions by the invigilators to avoid the cancellation of their papers.

    Speaking to newsmen later, the MP said this was the third year of such collaboration with the Mission.

    He said apart from the presentation of the pens and mathematics sets to the final year students, he had also been organizing night classes for them and that there had been an improvement in the performance of students from the area since the initiative started.

    Mr Tackie-Komme pointed out that before his intervention he had to go round looking for placement for candidates from the area in Senior High Schools but the situation had improved since most of the students now pass well and does not need his intervention.

    Mr Daniel Okai, Constituency Chairman of National Democratic Congress advised school children in the area to take their studies seriously to become successful in future.

    He urged them to listen to their teachers and take active interest in extra curricula activities as well as cultivating reading habits.

    Present at the service were constituency executives of the party, teachers, officials of the Mission and some parents and guardians of the students.


    Source: GNA



     

    Posted Apr 20 2009, 04:24 AM by patience with no comments
    Filed under: , , ,

  • Include traditional practice into school curriculum

    Prof Kofi Asare Opoku, Vice President of the Institution Advancement of the African University College of Communication, on Friday called on stakeholders in the education sector to include the nation’s rich traditional beliefs and practices into the curriculum.

    “Some countries like Malaysia, Japan and China have chalked lots of successes in all spheres of life because they appreciated and used their culture to develop their nations,” he said.

    “Our education does not help promote our culture but, I believe if we start teaching pupils these culture from the onset, they will be better informed as to why some of the rich traditions are needed for development”, Prof Opoku Asare said at an inaugural lecture on non-verbal communication organized by the African University College of Communication in Accra.

    He said one of the major reasons why the African continent was retrogressing was the selfish nature of the current educational system that hindered the youth to be creative.

    “If we are going to always “copy” from the western world then we will loose our identity as Ghanaian. The nation still has beautiful traditional values and practices which need to be uphold”, he said.

    The lecture exposed students to some of the Akan non-verbal traditions and practices, their significance and why the youth should learn to enable them become creative for rapid development.

    Prof Opoku Asare said many of the drums used by the Akan tradition had special role that included entertainment and advice to the people through the sounds they produced.

    He said “the Fontomfrom which is a collection of different drums urged the Akan society to be united always because where there is unity there is progress”.

    Prof Opoku Asare said visual forms of communication like tribal marks, emblems of clans and the Adinkra symbols in the Akan culture also transmitted special sacred messages and were forms of identification.

    He said the signs such as the chameleon and a hand holding an egg signified that in life there are limits to human possibility and further advised politicians that power is fragile like an egg and need to be handled with utmost care.

    Prof Opoku Asare said the Adinkra symbol called the ladder of death also teaches people to support one another in times of adversity.


    Source: GNA

    Posted Apr 17 2009, 01:36 PM by patience with no comments
    Filed under: , , ,

  • Zain presents ZAC grant to KNUST

    Zain Communications Ghana has presented six computers and cash prizes to the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and four students for their participation in the on-going Zain Africa Challenge (ZAC).

    A statement released in Accra on Thursday said the presentation
    comprised of six computers worth US$5,000 for the university and US$1,000 to each of the participating students in the quiz competition. Each of their coaches and liaisons had US$500 while an additional US$1,000 was a participation reward.

    Mr Philip Sowah, Country Director of Zain, presented the computers
    to Professor Kwesi Adarkwa, Vice Chancellor of KNUST and the cheques to the students and coaches in Kumasi.

    KNUST was one of the teams which represented Ghana at the Zain Africa Challenge in Nairobi, Kenya.

    Mr Sowah said Zain remained deeply committed to their corporate social responsibilities in Ghana, adding that the Zain Africa Challenge was its biggest investment in education.

    “I am pleased that the students of Ghana are benefiting intellectually
    as well as financially from the programme,” he said.

    He also noted that Zain was proud to be associated with the Otumfuo celebrations as that was of great cultural significance to the Ashantis and the people of Ghana.


    Source: GNA

    Posted Apr 17 2009, 06:28 AM by patience with no comments
    Filed under: , , , , , ,

  • Extra classes exploitative - CHASS

    The Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) says extra classes for students can be exploitative as the teachers often charge very high fees.

    Nevertheless, it said the issue should be subjected to a national consultative discussion.

    It has, therefore, supported the call by the Ghana National Association of Teachers for a national conference to streamline the practice.

    Mr Samuel Ofori-Adjei, National President of CHASS, in an interview with the Ghanaian Times yesterday noted that some teachers had taken advantage of the absence of guidelines streamlining the practice to organize extra classes to charge exorbitant fees, noting that some even organise private classes at home and charge as much as GH¢50 per subject per month.

    He was of the view that if the practice was properly organised and monitored, the incidence of teachers privately holding classes in their homes and charging students exorbitantly could be addressed.

    "As the Minister indicated in the Times story yesterday, some policy guidelines were drawn on this issue in the 1990s and what we need to do now is to go back and properly implement them," he added.

    He wondered what the students would be engaged in if the extra classes was banned and not replaced.

    He expressed fears that a blanket fiat banning the practice would rather result in parents and students having to pay more.

    Mr Ofori-Adjei said since both parents and students seemed to appreciate it, the better option would be to regulate it.

    "As a headmaster, I have encountered on numerous occasions parents coming to me requesting me to get them teachers to organise private classes for them", he added.

    Mr Moses Ocloo, the National CHASS Administrator, hinted that the issue would be discussed at the association’s meeting scheduled for October, this year, after which a communique would be issued.

    The CHASS has a membership of 493 schools countrywide.

    Some parents the Ghanaian Times spoke to on the issue expressed diverse opinions.

    Mr Aloysius Terkper, with a 16-year-old daughter in Aburi Senior High School, said the scraping of the classes would not augur well for students.

    He, however, suggested that there should be no monetary demands on students for it.

    "I understand that in some schools, the most important topics are reserved for extra-classes and this I think is very criminal," he said.

    A trader at Osu, Madam Afi Kudor, said given the long hours she spends selling, she had arranged with some of the teachers to engage her twins at the nursery after closing so she could pick them up later.

    Another parent speaking on anonymity, said he had a girl at the Wesley Grammar School and noted that the extra classes normally held after regular classes, were very helpful to her.

    Mr. Emmanuel Afful expressed anger at some teachers at the Mars Business College at Mataheko where his daughter attends school who he said organise compulsory extra classes on Saturdays for a fee and punish students who fail to attend by flogging.


    Source: The Ghanaian Times


     

    Posted Apr 16 2009, 09:49 AM by patience with no comments
    Filed under: , , , ,

  • GNAT, GNFS collaborate to educate schools on fire prevention

    The Ghana National Fire (GNFS) Service is stepping up efforts to ensure the citizenry is well educated on fire prevention.

    In the latest in its efforts, the service is collaborating with schools and other institutions for knowledge transfer.

    The Winneba Municipal Office of the GNFS in collaboration with the Municipal Directorate of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), has carried out a one-month intensive fire prevention education in schools in the Effutu Municipal and the Awutu/Senya administrative areas.

    More than 2,000 school children in the two districts benefited from the exercise, which was initiated by GNAT.

    The schools, which benefited included Winneba Senior High School, Senya Cluster of Basic Schools, Senya Senior High School, Primary and Junior High Schools in Bawjiase Township, Awutu-Bontrase D.C and Junior High Schools.

    The rest were Kasoa Cluster of Basic Schools, Jei-Krodua Cluster of primary and Junior High Schools, Obrachire Senior High and primary schools, Ayensuako D.C Primary and Junior High Schools at Awutu-Beraku and basic schools in the Effutu rural.

    Addressing school children and teachers at Awutu-Bontrase, Mr Benjamin
    K. Nketsiah, Municipal Fire Officer cautioned them on consequences of both domestic and bush fires.

    He said indiscriminate setting of bush fire could cause severe havoc in virgin forest reserves in and around Bontrase and thereby destroying the eco-system.

    Mr Nketsiah said there was the need to preserve forest reserves in order for the nation to maintain and develop wildlife species as well as medicinal plants to facilitate national development.

    He expressed appreciation to GNAT for initiating the programme and hoped that it would not be a nine day’s wonder but develop it to benefit more children and the country as whole.

    Mr Nketsiah also charged school children in the area to educate their parents and guardians on the knowledge they had acquired, especially those in the rural communities so that they would be able to guard against rampant domestic and environmental fire disasters.

    Madam Lily Otoo, GNAT Secretary for the area thanked the Municipal Fire Officer for honouring the invitation and said the collaboration would be sustained to offer periodic education on fire prevention to schools in the Effutu Municipality and Awutu-Senya District.

    She said GNAT initiated the programme to enhance the safety of the children, and the entire Ghanaian society.


    Source: GNA



     

    Posted Apr 16 2009, 05:48 AM by patience with no comments
    Filed under: , , , , ,

  • 18 year-old student charged with defilement

    A circuit court in Cape Coast Tuesday granted bail to Alfred Acquah, an 18-year old final-year student, in the sum of Gh¢6,000 with two sureties for allegedly defiling a 16-year-old girl in his school.

    Acquah who pleaded guilty has been granted bail to enable him write his final examination and reappear on Tuesday May, 5.

    Prosecuting, Superintendent Kwadwo Antwi Tabi told the court presided over by Mr Beresford Acquah that Acquah and the girl were students of Mankessim Senior High School and that in January 2009, he met the girl on campus and proposed love to her to which she agreed.

    Supt. Tabi said Acquah on several occasions took the girl to his house and had sex with her.

    He said the girl’s grandfather with whom she was staying noticed some changes in her and questioned her but she refused to tell him the truth.

    Supt Tabi said the grandfather later seized a mobile phone from her and during questioning found out that it was given to her by Acquah.

    He said on March 26, 2009 at about 2230 hours, Acquah went to the girl’s house to look for her but bolted when her grandfather confronted him.

    He said the case was reported to the Mankessim Police station where the girl was issued with a medical form to attend hospital for examination.

    Supt Tabi told the court that on March 31 2009, Acquah was arrested and during interrogation, he admitted befriending the girl and having sex with her several times.


    Source: GNA

    Posted Apr 08 2009, 05:23 AM by patience with no comments
    Filed under: , , , ,

  • Man, 23, swindles 4 students

    Four prospective students seeking admission to the University of Ghana, Legon, were said to have lost GH¢5, 400 to a suspected swindler who is now being held by the police.

    Ernest Obeng, 23, who claimed to be a degree student of the School of Communication Studies of the university, was arrested when one of his victims suspected foul play when he received from the suspect a purported admission letter signed by Nana Essilfie Conduah offering her admission to read BSc Administration.

    The Head of the Police Panthers Unit, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Francis Somian, told newsmen Tuesday that documents printed from the website of the University of Ghana were also retrieved from the suspect.

    He said one of the victims, who paid GH¢ 1, 350 to Obeng, informed her brother that she suspected Obeng might have defrauded her because the admission letter was not on the letterhead of the University of Ghana.

    He said based on the complaint, the victim's brother notified the police with the purported admission letter, adding that when the suspect was arrested, he allegedly confessed to collecting the money from the victim to help her to gain admission.

    The suspect, he said, however, informed the police that the girl had been putting so much pressure on him, hence the decision to print out an admission letter with the documents from the University of Ghana as proof that she had gained admission.

    DSP Somian said the victim, who also knew of other female students who had approached the suspect for assistance, immediately notified them about the development.

    He said when the other victims came to identify the suspect in police custody, Obeng admitted collecting the money from them.

    He said the suspect, however, claimed he had refunded GH¢ 1, 350 to the first victim, while he was yet to refund GH¢ l, 4lO, GH¢ 1, 840 and GH¢800 to the remaining three victims, one of whom was said to be the sister-in-law of the suspect's brother.

    The suspect told the police, in the presence of newsmen, that the victims sought his assistance to fill the admission forms on the University of Ghana website and also help them to gain admission.

    When asked if he was aware that the School of Communication Studies did not run undergraduate programmes, Obeng insisted that it ran an undergraduate course.

    Surprisingly, he had informed one of his victims that he was studying Law at the University of Ghana.

    Asked who the head of the School of Communication Studies was Obeng said he did not know.

    He said he was doing a top-up course at the School of Communication Studies, having completed a diploma course at the Africa University College of Communication (AUCC).

    DSP Somian advised prospective students seeking admission to the universities to endeavour to go through the right procedures and avoid short-cuts since they could be defrauded.

    Investigations continue.

    Source: Daily Graphic

    Posted Apr 08 2009, 05:02 AM by patience with no comments
    Filed under: , , ,

  • 2 arrested for attempting to sell fake WASSCE papers

    Two persons who allegedly attempted to sell fake West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) question papers to some students of Achimota School have been arrested by the police.

    The suspects, Desmond Okemiri and Joseph John, both 29 were grabbed after being exposed by the students in their attempt to sell fake Integrated Science 1 and 2 and Core Mathematics 2 questions for the May/June WASSCE at GH¢500.

    The two were picked up when the students alerted the authorities of the school to the deal, who in turn alerted the West African Examinations Council (WAEC).

    Upon their arrest, the two suspects told newsmen that the attempt to sell the question papers to the students was only to give the students a likely prediction of what to expect in the main examination".

    "It was just a kind of reading point for the students," Okemiri told journalists at the WAEC office in Accra.

    The Head of the Examinations Department of WAEC, Nii Christian Johnson, said the council was informed by the authorities of Achimota School last week that the suspects had entered the school to sell the fake question papers.

    He said one of the students negotiated on behalf of his colleagues, feigned interest in buying the question papers and as the deal was being transacted the police, who had taken cover, pounced on the suspects and apprehended them.

    After a thorough check of the papers, he said, it was realised that the two had, with the aid of a computer, changed the November 2006 SSSCE Integrated Science l and 2 papers to May/June 2009 WASSCE Integrated Science papers.

    Mr Johnson said security features on the question papers also indicated that they were not the May/June 2009 WASSCE question papers, showing that they were, indeed, fake.

    He commended Achimota School, especially the students, for exposing the two and said students had always been reminded during sensitisation programmes to look out for such persons.

    He advised students preparing for WAEC's examinations to prepare well, since the questions were culled from what they had studied in school.

    The acting Head of the National Office of WAEC, Mr John Yao Newlands, urged parents and the public at large to support the fight against examination cheats.

    He said parents especially should encourage their children to study, since answers to the questions are within their reach".

    Meanwhile, 157,997 candidates from 577 schools are writing the May/June 2009 WASSCE. The examination, which ends on May 28, 2009, will be written at 537 centres.

    The total number of candidates, which increased by 15.38 per cent over last year's, comprises 87, 877 males and 70,121 females. The Ashanti Region has the highest number of candidates of 38,449, while the Upper West Region has the least number of 3,358.

    Source: Daily Graphic



     

    Posted Apr 07 2009, 05:40 AM by patience with no comments
    Filed under: , , , , ,

  • V/R Minister bemoans students’ “craze for money”

    Mr Joseph Amenowode, Volta Regional Minister has bemoaned the craze for money and affluence in educational institutions.

    He said these tendencies could divert the focus of many students from their academic pursuits, undermine discipline and ruin the future of many students.

    Mr Amenowode was addressing the 47th Speech and Prize Giving Day of Sogakope Senior High School at the weekend.

    It was under the theme, “Alumni Support-a necessary push for alma mater development”.

    He said everything should be done to halt and reverse these dangerous inclinations and their potential to promote drug abuse, alcoholism and promiscuity among students.

    Mr Amenowode commended the staff and students of the school for the successes so far achieved and reminded them that only disciplined and well focused people could survive the challenges of the rapidly changing world.

    “The school should respond to the high standard required in the world of work today,” Mr Amenowode said.

    He urged parents and old students to help government improve on facilities in schools.

    In a speech read for him, Mr Alex Tettey-Enyo, Minister for Education, urged the school’s administration to open channels of communication between the staff, students and other stakeholders so as to build strong relationships towards the development of the school.

    He urged old students to visit their former schools regularly too boost the morale of continuing students to aspire for higher laurels.

    Mr Kwame Tawiah Aggor, the Headmaster, said the school required additional infrastructure to cater for the 1,534 students.

    He said the school needed a new dormitory block for girls, a library, school bus, as well as assembly and dining halls.

    Mr Aggor said the school’s Parent-Teacher Association had built seven masters’ bungalows and was constructing an Information Communication Technology laboratory and a fence wall around the school.

    Book prizes were awarded to 117 students for academic and sports achievements with former members of the schools’ Board also receiving awards for their dedication to duty.


    Source: GNA


     

    Posted Mar 30 2009, 06:21 AM by patience with 1 comment(s)
    Filed under: , , ,

  • School projects to be investigated

    Mr Joseph Amenowode, Volta Regional Minister, has hinted at investigations into reports that the Sogakope Senior High School had not received any public funding for infrastructure projects in the past 30 years.

    Mr Amenowode said records at the Volta Regional Co-ordinating Council indicated that a project was undertaken in the school under the Ghana Education Trust Fund.

    “This would be investigated to establish the truth,” he said while addressing the 47th Speech and Prize–Giving Day at the school.

    He was responding to remarks made by the Headmaster of the School, Mr. Kwame Aggor that the school had not benefited from any public funded project in the past 30 years.

    Mr Amenowode appealed to other stakeholders, including old students, to complement government’s effort in resolving the inadequate and poor infrastructure challenges facing the schools.


    Source: GNA


     

    Posted Mar 30 2009, 06:16 AM by patience with no comments
    Filed under: , , , , ,
More Posts Next page »