Inculcate moral values, discipline in students - Educational institutions urged
The Pro Vice-Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs of the University of Ghana, Legon, Professor Kweku Osam, has entreated educational institutions to inculcate high moral values and discipline in students to enable them to excel in all their endeavours.
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He said rather than concentrating solely on how to pass examination, values of discipline and hard work should form an integral part of all educational institutions.
Speaking at the 84th Speech and Prize-giving day of the St Augustine’s College in Cape Coast over the weekend, Prof. Osam commended the college for strictly inculcating in its students these virtues.
Prof. Osam ,who was speaking on the theme: “Sustaining the legacy and dignity of our alma mater, the role of the alumni,” urged the alumni network of St Augustine’s College to be ambassadors of the college.
He said the name of the college was a brand in the country’s second cycle education and that the old students must find different and innovative ways of maintaining and upholding the image of the college.
The school’s legacy
Prof. Osam further implored the alumni network to give back to the college in the areas of infrastructure, mentoring and services provision.
The Headmaster of the College, Mr Joseph Connel, expressed worry that some parents instructed their children not to participate in extra curricula activities of the college, saying that made some students in the college shun extra curricula activities such as sports, drama, music and debate.
“St Augustine’s College provides holistic education to its students, ensuring that all talents and potentials are properly harnessed and nurtured,” he noted.
Mr Connel commended all stakeholders, including the alumni, the Parent-Teacher Association (PTA), the Ghana Education Service (GES), the Catholic Church and the government for their support for the college.
Challenges
He mentioned transportation as a major challenge confronting the school and said the college only had a 10-year-old Tata bus, which breaks down continuously.
He added that the college’s 207 Benz bus which used to transport small groups of students to functions had also broken down beyond repairs, and therefore appealed to the government and the Ministry of Education to consider St Augustine’s College when distributing buses to senior high schools.
The Chief Director of the Ministry of Roads and Highways, Dr Daniel Duaquaye Darku, who chaired the event, admonished the students not to forget the good Christian morals they had received after leaving the college, stressing that through hard work, students who had passed through the college excelled in whatever they do.
Renovated building
Meanwhile, the 1988 year group of St Augustine’s College on Sunday handed over a renovated two-storey building to the school. The facility was renovated at a cost of GH¢60,000.
The building, which was last renovated in 1980 when the college celebrated its golden jubilee anniversary, was in a very deplorable state.
The Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Cape Coast, Most Rev. Matthias Kobina Nketsiah, unveiled the plaque.
The Managing Director of the Graphic Communications Group Limited (GCGL), Mr Kenneth Ashibey, who was also an old student of St. Augustine’s College, said the building was one of the oldest facilities and was once called “Dilapidey” because of its poor state.
