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Bring Back Discipline and Morale in
Presbyterians- Chaplain
Accra, July 20, GNA - Reverend Patrick Ayesu, Chaplain of
the Presbyterian Boys Secondary School, (PRESEC), Legon, on
Friday urged Presby school teachers to reintroduce morale
education and discipline to help mould the character of the
pupils.
He said the Presbyterians were well noted for discipline but
the habit was fading out and needed to fight the
indiscipline, lateness, absenteeism and other social vices
that had engulfed not only Presbyterian schools but other
schools as well.
"The three things every child need is academic excellence
and morale to achieve success in life and should not be
played down", he added.
Rev. Ayesu who said this when he inaugurated a 15-member
School Management Committee (SMC) of the PRESEC Staff
Primary School in Accra noted that the world is challenging
and there was the need to train the children to face and
overcome the challenges ahead of them in life.
He said the development of a child depended not only on
academic work but morale was equally important and urged
teachers to see to the morale teaching aspect of the
children.
He said as much as teachers had a role in the teaching of a
child, the home was the first classroom of every children
and called on parents not to shower money on their children
but make enough of their time available for them at home.
"Putting money in their pockets is like putting a weapon in
the hands of a child to destroy him or herself. Parents are
no more having time for their children, they leave very
early in morning for work and come home very late when their
children are asleep and had no idea whatever the child did
for the day".
Rev. Ayesu called on Presbyterian churches to also make it a
responsibility to support their schools and offer the needed
assistance for their enhancement.
In speech read for her, Mrs Emma Baaba Quaicoo, Ga East
District Education Director charged the SMCs to ensure that
the school's buildings and furniture were in good
conditions, inform the community and the Director-General of
the Ghana Education Service of the developments in the
school and ensure the welfare of the teachers.
The SMC is chaired by Mr. Africanus Anane, Headmaster of
Presec Secondary School with representation from the Parents
Teachers Association, District Assembly, the church, Old
Students Association, District Education Office and the
District Education Planning Team.
GNA
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