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Instill discipline and unity in the youth- Parents urged
Accra, Mar. 02, Ghanadot/GNA- Parents,
Teachers and people in authority had been urged to inculcate
into the youth the spirit of unity in order to foster
development of their communities and the nation as a whole.
"We must raise our youth to eschew the tendencies in our
ethnic structures that may promote rancour and division".
Speaking at the 81st anniversary celebration of the Founders
Day of Achimota School in Accra on Saturday, Professor Paul
Kwame Nyame, Rector of Ghana College of Physicians and
Surgeons, advised all people to aspire to the ideal of one
human race and not allow themselves to be separated by
colour or race.
He lauded the progress the school had made over the years
and had produced leaders for the nation.
Professor Nyame said the Founders Day celebration was an
occasion to savour the glory of the school and recounted its
achievements and those of its illustrious sons and
daughters.
He praised the founders for their efforts in contributing to
the socio economic developments of the country.
He appealed to government to protect the Achimota Forests
from encroachers and other activities, which affects the
surroundings of the school and the environment.
"short term gains should never persuade anybody to turn this
pristine, organic and natural beauty into another concrete
jungle".
The Professor said the founding fathers had the aim of
liberating the then Gold Coast colony through quality
education, hence their decision to establish the school.
"Achimota School was their greatest project. The magnum opus
of the artistically inclined and men of vision, dedicated to
public service".
Achimota School was established by Governor Gorden
Guggisberg, the then Governor of Gold Coast in 1927 with the
aim of providing education comparable to the one found in
European countries.
He appointed Reverend Alex Fraser, who was the then
principal of Trinity College in Ceylon, now Sri Lanka to be
the principal of Achimota school.
Rev. Fraser accepted to become the head of the school on
condition that Dr. Kwegyir Aggrey, a Gold Coast scholar,
should be appointed as his Assistant, because he was a man
of strong Christian principles. Aggrey accepted the offer
and started the school with Rev Fraser.
He said Guggisberg promoted Africanism and was opposed to
education in Europe by a few Africans that often resulted in
bad European habits replacing good African characters.
He praised Guggisberg for supporting what was good in the
African culture and systems and not supporting cultural
practices, which dehumanized or devalued women.
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