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Fettehman SHS makes first admissions

The pioneer students and staff being introduced to the gathering during the ceremony.The Fettehman Senior High School (FEMASS), a newly established public senior high school (SHS) at Gomoa Fetteh in the Gomoa East District in the Central Region, has officially admitted the first batch of students to start academic work.
Nine students, made up of six girls and three boys, were officially admitted into the school to begin the 2013/2014 academic year with a staff strength of 13.

The school could not admit students under the Computerised School Selection Placement System (CSSPS) because it was not registered under the system when the selection was done this year, and authorities have, therefore, decided to consider applications received from JHS graduates for admission.

The original plan was to operate the institution as a community school but it was absorbed this academic year by the government through the Ghana Education Service. The school will only run programmes in General Arts and Business for the meantime, while other courses would be offered later.

The school, with 12 classrooms, offices for the headmaster and assistant headmaster staff common room, store room, science and computer laboratories, assembly hall and places of convenience, has a vision to lay a sound foundation for students in academic, moral and social development .

The chief of Gomoa Fetteh, Nana Abor Yamoah II, speaking at the ceremony, lauded the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Ghana Refugee Board (GRB) for honouring their promise to provide them with an SHS which would offer students in the area a unique opportunity to access education.

He stated that the district only had T.I Ahmadiyya Senior High School at Gomoa Potsin, and that with the establishment of FEMASS, more junior high school graduates would gain admission to acquire higher education.

He appealed to the Ministry of Education, GETFund, the Gomoa East District Assembly and the Member of Parliament for the area to ensure that other basic facilities such as dormitories, staff bungalows, water and electricity are provided for the school.

The Gomoa East District Director of Education, Mrs Grace Adzo Obodai, expressed gratitude to all who contributed in diverse ways towards the establishment of the school.

Mrs Obodai, who is the acting headmistress of the school, further urged the students to focus on their studies in order to come out with results that would enable them to acquire tertiary education.

Mr Ekow Panyin Okyere Eduamoah, Member of Parliament for Gomoa East, bemoaned the falling standard of education in the district, with a call on parents to take keen interest in the education of their wards to enable them to become responsible adults in future.

The Gomoa East District Chief Executive, Mr Isaac Kingsley Ahunu-Armah, who was the guest of honour said work was under way to connect water to the school, and was hopeful that it would be completed in the coming days, after which steps would be taken to extend electricity to the school.

The Gomoa Fetteh Council of Chiefs also donated two desktop computers, 30 plastic chairs and 200 exercise books to the school.

By Gilbert Mawuli Agbey/Daily Graphic/Ghana

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