Devote time to study of science. Veep encourages students
Vice-President, Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur has underscored the importance of the sciences in securing the future of the nation and implored students to devote much time to the study of the subject.
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Addressing a durbar to inaugurate the refurbished senior science laboratory at the Mfantsipim School recently, he said: “Without science we cannot compete with the world as they leap.”
The laboratory was refurbished by the Jubilee Partners and the Ghana Education Trust fund (GETFund).
Science centres
Mr Amissah-Arthur reiterated the government’s commitment to improve science centres in all senior high schools and also encourage the teaching and learning of the subject.
He was of the view that the refurbished facility would increase the number of students offering the sciences in the school.
Mr Amissah-Arthur, who pledged to contribute towards equipping the new facility, appealed to the Jubilee Partners to also help equip the facility to make the study of the subject more realistic, and asked the school authorities to cultivate the culture of maintenance to ensure a prolonged lifespan for the centre.
Stressing the importance of science, Mr Charles Darku, who deputised for the managing director of Tullow Ghana, said the project was expected to whip up the interest of students in the subject and subsequently pursue its related programmes at the tertiary levels.
Interventions
He said the company had education as part of its priority areas in terms of their corporate social responsibilities and would continue to supplement efforts of government in that area.
Dr Josiah Cobbah, a GETfund representative and an old boy of the school, said the institution was committed to science education and called on old student associations to partner GETFund to undertake more projects in their schools.
The MOBA Ebusuapanyin, Captain Paul Forjoe (Retd), said the association had positioned itself to facilitate the development of the school and would make funds available to maintain projects in the school while lobbying for more.
The Assistant Headmaster in charge of Administration, Mr Stephen Yeboah, expressed gratitude to all stakeholders for their continued support and appealed for a bus to facilitate the activities of students outside campus.
