Build productive networks - Aubynn urges JHS graduates
The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Chamber of Mines, Dr Tony Aubynn, has called on junior high school (JHS) graduates to avoid friendships that will not be beneficial to them.
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Rather, he said, the graduates should build productive networks that would help them to attain a brighter future.
Dr Aubynn made the call at the 10th graduation and 20th anniversary celebration of Crown Prince Academy in Accra.
The event, which saw the graduation of 87 students, was held on the theme: “Education, Developing Caring Hearts and Critical Minds”. The number brought to 859, the students who have passed through the school since 2004.
The graduates were presented with certificates while those who excelled in various subjects were honoured.
Dr Aubynn charged the students to take their studies seriously and develop themselves, adding that he did not believe in “who you know but rather who knows what you are capable of doing.”
“The world is not about who you know but who knows you, “ he said, and indicated that character formulation was very important in that direction. Students, he added, should do away with all bad habits and stick to their books.
Dr Aubynn also urged parents not to abuse the trust children reposed in them since that could be detrimental to their future.
He charged the graduates to be good ambassadors of the school and commended the management for their vision in setting up the school.
The Executive Chairman of US Group of Companies, Mr Godfred Chief Medicine, told the graduates to make good use of their time as they progressed to the senior high school level.
The maximum use of time, he said, was very important and urged them not to waste time on unnecessary things but rather use their time profitably.
The managing director of the school, Mrs Susanne Prince-Boateng, reminded policy makers and stakeholders in education that posterity would judge them rightly or wrongly if decisions they took today did not benefit the country.
“Let your decision-making and blueprint be comprehensive enough so as to link the educational sector to the country’s sustainable development, where every child has an equal opportunity to realise his/her potential,” she said.
The headmaster of the school, Mr Joseph Addo, said the country needed a national orientation “where we would see our country first in whatever we do before our individual interests”.
The school, he said, was proud about its 100 per cent success stories over the years, and had always been among the 10 best schools under the Accra Metropolitan Directorate of Education.
By Emmanuel Bonney/Daily Graphic/Ghana
