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New Edubiase SHS celebrates 3rd Speech and Prize Giving Day

The 3rd Speech and Prize Giving Day of New Edubiase Senior High School (Great NESS) was held on Friday 3rd March, 2017 at New Edubiase.

Date Created : 11/30/2017 12:26:23 AM : Story Author : Kusi-Obuadum Brobbey/Ghanadistricts.com

Achievements

Recounting the achievements of the school Ms Doris Appiah said that the school obtained 100% pass in the 2016 WASSCE examination with 315 of the candidates obtaining between aggregates 10 and 20.

The school also qualified to participate in the Ashanti Regional Inter-Zonal English Regional Mathematics and Science Quiz of which the school placed third in both competitions.

In the front of sports the headmistress said the school has continuously produced the best pole vaulters and javelin throwers in Ashanti region.

A sick bay has been established with a permanent nurse manning it to provide first aid treatment to ill students.

“To ensure that most of the teachers are accommodated on campus two blocks that served as a dormitory and classrooms have been turned into teachers bungalows through internally generated fund of the PTA of the school I thank the all the members of the PTA for their cooperation towards the development of the school”. The headmistress concluded.

The occasion was used to award deserving students and teachers for their meritorious academic achievements and the duties respectively.

Appeal by the Headmistress

Addressing the gathering, the headmistress Ms. Doris Appiah appealed to the Ashanti Regional Minister, Hon Simon Osei Mensah through Mrs. Owusu Achiaw the Ashanti Regional Director of Education who represented the Regional Minister; to provide the school with a befitting administration and assembly hall.

Ms. Doris Appiah said that all the various offices of the school are scattered, making the running of the school very difficult and does not augur well for effective administration of the school.

The population of the school now stands at One Thousand and Six Hundred hence the existing Assembly hall is not able to accommodate all the students at a goal for school gatherings.

She also appealed to the Old students and philanthropists to come to the aid of the school to complete the fence wall of the school to ensure the safety of the students and staff.

The headmistress called on the management of Adansi South District Assembly as a matter of urgency to come to the aid of the two female teachers whose bungalow was gutted by fire. “Now these two ladies are perching with their colleagues which is not the best”. Ms Doris Appiah posited.

Regional Director of Education

The Regional Director of Education, Mrs Mary Owusu Achiaw who represented the regional minister advised the students to take their studies very serious to enable them get good grades that can be used to enter tertiary institutions.

She also said that the best treasure any human being can boast of is education. “The treasures which can help you to be prominent in the society you live is education hence do not play with your studies” She concluded.

The Regional Director promised to send the request of the headmistress to the Regional Minister for consideration.

The Traditional Leaders

The ceremony was graced by the chief of Dompoase Nana Okofo Subin Kan II and Nana Akua Dwom II the Queen Mother of New Edubiase.

In his address to the students and staff of the school the chief called on the students to be disciplined to enable the teachers to give them the right education they deserve. “You can pass your examination to achieve your ambition of attending school only if you are a discipline child. The chief said.

The Queen Mother Nana Akua Dwom also cautioned the teachers against any sexual molestation against the school girls. She said that the girls were the children of the teachers hence they must not sexually fraternize them, but rather help them to lead good moral lives. Nana Akua Dwom II thanked the teachers and the head mistress for making the school very attractive as a result of good academic performance.

Guest Speaker

The Guest Speaker for the occasion was Professor Stephen Addae the former and first rector of GIMPA. Speaking on the theme of the ceremony “Educating the Ghanaian in the 21st Century for Sustainable Development”, Professor Stephen Addae proposed to the government to reintroduce the four years SHS duration since the children who attend present day secondary school are not mature enough to perform creditably in the three years education system.

He said that the actual contact years for the SHS is only two and a half years but the number of subjects these children take are too many and most of them are irrelevant to our present day lives; hence they complete school half-baked and cannot do anything.

Professor Addae also called for the review of the school curriculum to make it technical and vocational oriented since the 21st century education has no room for liberal education.

In the end some deserving teachers and students were presented awards.