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Parents urged to help maintain
discipline in schools
Obuasi, June 9, Ghanadot/GNA– The Obuasi Municipal Director
of Education, Mrs. Beatrice Boakye Ansah Prempeh, has called
on parents and other stakeholders in education, to help
school authorities to maintain discipline at all times.
According to her, that was the only way stakeholders could
get academic work to go on smoothly in schools.
Mrs Prempeh said now that schools have been made
community-based, with private sector participation in
education, it was her wish that “all and sundry,
particularly parents would play a more meaningful role, to
help facilitate work in the various schools, including
Senior High School in the Obuasi Municipality”.
Speaking at the first open day and third graduation of the
Independence M/A Complex Schools at Obuasi on the theme
“Investment In Education is Worthwhile”, the Municipal
Director emphasised that there was no doubt that education
was the best investment and legacy that any generation could
bequeath to its young ones”.
Mrs Prempeh announced that the introduction of the
Capitation Grant had helped to raise school population from
23,389 in 2004 to 29,401 as at 30th April, this year.
She reminded the grandaunts that, in whatever they did,
“they should remember that the fear of the Lord was the
beginning of wisdom.”
Mr Jonathan Tetteh, the Headmaster of Independence M/A
Junior High School (JHS) “A”, in his report, said the
primary section of the schools came first on three
consecutive occasions in the monitoring test, whilst the JHS
section had been recording hundred per cent in Basic
Education Certificate Examination (BECE).
The headmaster said the schools had continuously produced
stars to the Obuasi Municipal team in the areas of football,
volleyball, netball, table tennis and athletics.
Ms Grace Sarpomaah Amoako, the Headmistress of KHS “B” and
chairman of the Education sub-committee of the municipal
assembly, called on stakeholders to support the schools to
address some of its challenges, which include the
construction of additional classrooms.
GNA
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