‘Let’s contribute to quality education’
The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre, Mrs Mawuena Trebarh, has called on Ghanaians to unite, play supportive roles and be part of the process in designing an educational system which would be cherished by all at all levels.
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She said all hands must be on deck to fashion out a quality educational programme that would be a legacy for the country’s future leaders.
Delivering an address as the guest speaker at the 15th Speech and Prize-Giving Day of the St Martins Senior High School ( SMARTS) in Adoagiri Nsawam in the Eastern Region, Mrs Trebarh said it was obvious that developing the full potential of students, especially those at the senior high level, did not depend solely on one stakeholder group; stressing that “no stakeholder can or should be left with the sole responsibility of raising the bar on what is offered to the upcoming leaders of our dear country.”
The theme for the ceremony was “The role of stakeholders in ensuring quality senior high school education in contemporary Ghana.”
Stakeholders
She said the government, parents, teachers, students, traditional authorities, social groups, non-governmental organisation, religious organisations, the private sector and media were all stakeholders in education and all have respective roles to play in supporting education.
Mrs Trebarh said “it is our individual responsibility in our various roles to keep abreast of and be involved in developments in the classroom as that is fundamental to our ability to overcome the obstacles which hinder quality education.”
She said Ghanaians should stand up and be counted “if indeed we have set our sights on long lasting educational programmes for our future leaders”.
In his report, the Headmaster of the school, Togbe Atsuvi Srem I, enumerated some of the achievements of the school and said the school had 100 per cent pass in the May / June 2013 West Africa Senior Secondary Education Certificate Examination (WASSCE), with almost 70 per cent of the students qualifying for admission to tertiary institutions to further their education.
In the area of science education, the school presented a candidate to the National Science Clinic organised by the Ghana Education Service in 2012 and came out top after the programme. In the 2013 programme of the Science Clinic, the school presented two candidates and one of them also came out first after the final examinations.
The school’s reputation
Togbe Atsuvi said the SMARTS was working hard to maintain its reputation as one of the best business secondary schools in the region.
The headmaster used the occasion to appeal to parents and guardians to advise their wards to be serious with their studies and also disciplined at all times, as management would not tolerate any unruly behaviour.
Prizes were presented to deserving students, with Miss Abigail Aborgeh, who had 8 A1s, topping the list as the overall best 2012 / 2013 student to receive GH¢1,000 as her prize instituted by Mrs Trebarh and her husband, Ft Lt Trebarh, who is an old student of the SMARTS.
Awards were also presented to former board members, PTA executives and staff who had served the school diligently.
The occasion was also used to inaugurate a 20-seater water closet toilet facility for both boys and girls at a cost of GH¢254,000 funded by the PTA, while a visitors lounge funded from the school’s internally generated fund was also inaugurated.