{"id":438119,"date":"2011-06-08T13:09:38","date_gmt":"2011-06-08T13:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/08\/st-francis-sss-holds-speech-and-prize-giving-ceremony\/"},"modified":"2011-06-08T13:09:38","modified_gmt":"2011-06-08T13:09:38","slug":"st-francis-sss-holds-speech-and-prize-giving-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/08\/st-francis-sss-holds-speech-and-prize-giving-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"St Francis SSS Holds Speech and Prize-Giving Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"44.3452047825\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.observer.gm\/enews\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Daily Observer<\/a> (Banjul)<\/p>\n<p>Augustus Mendy<\/p>\n<p>7 June 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Saint Francis Senior Secondary School in Kunkujang Mariama in the Kombo South District of West Coast Region, over the weekend held its 9th speech and prize-giving ceremony at the school campus, on the theme; &#8220;The significance of higher education towards self and national development&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the occasion, Sang Sylvester Gomez, the principal of the school, advised the graduating students to forge ahead for quality knowledge in higher institutions, emulate some ex-students of the school and to plough back to the society their achievements and gains. He aso advised the students to plan their lives and sacrifice for the success of others.<\/p>\n<p>Gomez then commended the students for their discipline and respect to the school administration and staff and commended the staff for their hard work and for maintaining the school&#8217;s good name with regards to the production of quality students.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Pierre Gomez, the guest speaker on the occasion, told the graduands that the completion of senior secondary education and the obtaining of diplomas is not the end of the struggle; noting that there is more to be done. He therefore advised them to carefully shape their future. He called on the graduating students to change their attitude in order to be armed with knowledge while urged them to aim higher with regards to quality education.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, even though acquiring knowledge is expensive yet determination, perseverance and ambition are tools to battle for quality education. Respect, he noted, is reciprocal, and therefore advised the graduands to be discipline and respect their parents and elders. &#8220;Challenges are inevitable but determination, hard work and perseverance are means to succeed,&#8221; he stated.<\/p>\n<p>Delivering the vote of thanks, Buba Saidy, the most outstanding student of the school in the 2010\/2011 academic year, urged the students to remain discipline and hardworking. The occasion which was attended by the Roman Catholic Bishop, Bishop Patrick Ellison and other dignitaries, was characterised by awarding of prizes and certificates to deserving students.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>More:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201106080849.html\" title=\"St Francis SSS Holds Speech and Prize-Giving Ceremony\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">St Francis SSS Holds Speech and Prize-Giving Ceremony<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> The Daily Observer (Banjul) Augustus Mendy 7 June 2011 Saint Francis Senior Secondary School in Kunkujang Mariama in the Kombo South District of West Coast Region, over the weekend held its 9th speech and prize-giving ceremony at the school campus, on the theme; &#8220;The significance of higher education towards self and national development&#8221;. Speaking on the occasion, Sang Sylvester Gomez, the principal of the school, advised the graduating students to forge ahead for quality knowledge in higher institutions, emulate some ex-students of the school and to plough back to the society their achievements and gains. He aso advised the students to plan their lives and sacrifice for the success of others. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-438119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>St Francis SSS Holds Speech and Prize-Giving Ceremony - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/08\/st-francis-sss-holds-speech-and-prize-giving-ceremony\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"St Francis SSS Holds Speech and Prize-Giving Ceremony - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"The Daily Observer (Banjul) Augustus Mendy 7 June 2011 Saint Francis Senior Secondary School in Kunkujang Mariama in the Kombo South District of West Coast Region, over the weekend held its 9th speech and prize-giving ceremony at the school campus, on the theme; &quot;The significance of higher education towards self and national development&quot;. 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