By Adu Gyemfi, GNA
Akwatia (E/R), Oct. 2, GNA – The Akwatia G.C.D
L/A JHS which has won various awards including the Head of State Award on four
occasions and other academic awards has celebrated its 30th anniversary.
The theme for the occasion was: “Raising
productive leaders through quality education for a prosperous Ghana”.
In a speech read for him, Mr Seth Birikorang,
the Denkyembour District Chief Executive, urged parents to give topmost
priority to the education of their children and ensure that the children were
well educated.
He said as future leaders of the country, no
amount of money spend on their education is a waste.
Mr Phillip Ahiadoxor, the headmaster of the
school, said the school which had a modest beginning with 30 pupils drawn from
other schools as pioneers with two
teachers and a headmaster now has a population of 157 pupils and 11 teaching
staff.
He said the ambition of every institution is
to produce excellent results adding that the GCD L/A JHS has chalked several
successes at the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).
The school has turned out 27 batches since its
first attempt in 1991 with 24 batches passing out with 100 per cent distinction
with the three remaining batches scoring between 94 to 96 per cent.
He said this year’s results analysis was yet
to be received.
With such exceptional results, he said, the
school has produced pupils who won the Head of State Award on four occasions,
2002, 2003, 2004 consecutively and 2011.
The awardees he named as Owura Dei Anane,
Samuel Brenye Sanful, Kenneth Amoah and Francis Dugba.
He said significantly, a student, Jojo
Nyamekye Baidoo was declared the best science student in Ghana in a science
quiz organized from the district to the national levels. The student joined a
group of other Ghanaians to Indonesia to partipate in the first International
Junior Science Olympiad in 2004.
Mr Winfred Klukpui, an Assistant Director of
Education, said to raise productive leaders, there is the need to provide
quality education that would equip them with “survival skills of the 21st
century.
Such skills, he said, include critical
thinking and problem solving skills.
Members of the old students association were
present and generously raised funds for the purchase of computers for an ICT
laboratory of the school.
GNA