Parents urged to invest in education
The Member of Parliament (MP) for the Ablekuma North Constituency, Mr Justice Joe Appiah, has advised parents to invest in the education of their children to make them competitive on the job market in future.
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He said this during the sixth graduation and awards ceremony of the Christ Union Academy in Accra on the theme: “Child Kidnapping, a New Menace in the Society.”
Mr Appiah said giving children a strong foundation at the basic level was very important if they were to excel in their academic endeavours.
He praised the Proprietor of the school, Mr Emmanuel Kperator, for investing heavily in the school, and urged teachers to be committed to their job.
He said in view of the economic challenges confronting the nation, parents should be prepared to make a lot of sacrifices for their children's education to enable them to grow to be responsible citizens.
Touching on the theme, Mr Frederick Wellington, a Research Officer at United Cerebral Palsy, Ghana (a non-governmental organisation), who was the Guest Speaker, said one way of curbing child kidnapping, which had become a menace, was vigilance and effective community policing.
He cautioned children to always move or play in groups and quickly run away should anyone in a vehicle stop and offer to give them a lift.
The Headmaster of the school, Mr Francis Joe Afuckah, said the school, which was founded in 2000 with 47 pupils and four teachers currently had 700 pupils and students from the crèche to junior high school level in addition to 30 teaching staff members, including trained and graduate teachers.
Mr Afuckah said since the school started writing the Basic Education Certificate Examinations in 2007, it had been scoring 100 per cent passes and had all the 16 students presented in 2009 getting aggregate six.
He appealed to parents and guardians to pay their school fees promptly.
He urged parents to supervise their children’s homework and pledged that with their co-operation, management and teachers of the school would continue to do their best for them.