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A colourful anniversary parade
held at Elmina
Elmina, March 7, GNA - A parade of 1,152 students and pupils
as well as cadet corps of second cycle schools took place on
Tuesday at Elmina to mark the 50th anniversary of Ghana's
independence.
By 0800 hours people filled the park, where the parade took
place, to capacity from all walks of life, dressed
beautifully in the anniversary paraphernalia.
In the march past 36 schools competed for positions in the
primary, junior secondary school and senior secondary school
categories.
The Catholic Girls' Primary, the Catholic Boys' Primary and
the Peter Holdebrook-Smith Primary, all in Elmina, took the
first, second and third positions in the primary sector.
The Elmina Apostolic JSS, Elmina Catholic Girls JSS and St
Monica's JSS in Elmina were also first, second and third
respectively in the JSS category.
In the SSS category, Eguafo-Abrem Senior Secondary School
came first with Edinaman and Peter Holdebrook-Smith Senior
Secondary schools taking the second and the third positions
respectively.
Mr George Frank Asmah, the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem (KEEA)
District Chief Executive, read the President's anniversary
speech.
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