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 Ms Cecilia Obenewa Appiah (left) the Headmistress of Krobo Girls Senior High School,  presenting a certificate to Gifty Maku Tetteh, one of the graduands. Picture: Ezekiel Sottie
Ms Cecilia Obenewa Appiah (left) the Headmistress of Krobo Girls Senior High School, presenting a certificate to Gifty Maku Tetteh, one of the graduands. Picture: Ezekiel Sottie

Parents advised to invest in children’s education

The Headmistress of the Krobo Girls’ Senior High School at Odumase-Krobo, Ms Cecilia Obenewa Appiah, has advised parents and guardians to invest more in the education of their children and wards to enable them to become self-reliant in future.

According to Ms Appiah, quality education called for sacrifice and that if parents did not invest in their children now, it could lead to the children becoming wayward and a burden not only to their families but also society.

She indicated that education was a shared responsibility and that a country that failed to develop its people intellectually was opting out of the ‘global village’ where knowledge and transformation were the order of the day.

Occasion

She was speaking on the topic: “Quality education — A vital ingredient in accelerated growth and development” at the 16th Graduation, Speech and Prize-giving Day of the Bethel Preparatory Basic schools at Somanya in the Yilo Krobo Municipality in the Eastern Region.

 “It is only through education that children of a ‘trotro’ driver and the poor farmer in the village can become teachers, lawyers, engineers and what have you,” Ms Appiah indicated. 

She observed that instead of spending on their children’s education, most parents in the area rather engaged in property acquisition, describing it as a “clearly misplaced priority which some ignorant parents and guardians continue to indulge in”.

Concern

The headmistress also expressed concern over the declining standard of education in the area and attributed the situation to poor remuneration of teachers, lack of qualified teachers, large class sizes, poor teaching methods, lack of teaching and learning materials and the laissez faire attitude of both teachers and pupils towards classroom work.

 She noted that a well-fostered and quality educational system would ensure that students were self-reliant, sociable and empowered to contribute meaningfully to the development of their respective communities and the nation.

Commendation

Ms Appiah commended the management of the Bethel Preparatory School for providing quality education for children in the school’s catchment area for the past 16 years.

The Headmaster of the school, Mr Peter Kodjo Tetteh, described the academic performance of the school over the years as the best in the Yilo Krobo municipality.

He announced that in the next academic year, the school would roll out new programmes and strategies that would facilitate smooth teaching and learning to maintain its excellent performance.

Prizes were awarded to deserving pupils who excelled in both academic and extra curricular activities. 

Master Gilbert Lawer was adjudged the overall best pupil in the Junior High School.

 

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