WESLEY HIGH SCHOOL GETS NEW DORMITORY (PAGE 11)

Story: George Ernest Asare, Kumasi

The Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) of the Wesley Senior High School at Bekwai in the Ashanti Region has constructed an eight-room boys dormitory block to reduce accommodation problems facing the students in the school.
The dormitory block, which was estimated at GH ¢50,000, is expected to accommodate about 50 students who are renting rooms exorbitantly at Korkyirekrom, a suburb of Bekwai, to enable them concentrate on their academic work.
The PTA has also provided accommodation for one of the teachers to enable him supervise the activities of the students to enhance effective teaching and learning.
The Chairman of the PTA, Mr Rockson H. Gyimah-Ankoannah, who briefed the members on the completion of the project during a general meeting held at the weekend, commended the members for their communal spirit.
He said it was their self-help spirit that made it possible for them to initiate a dinning hall project to enable the students have a decent place to take their meals.
Mr Gyimah-Ankoannah noted that already, the members had contributed in diverse ways by constructing classrooms and toilet facilities for the school.
He said the administration was also facing a transportation problem and appealed to the PTA to support the school authorities and other bodies to purchase a bus for the school.
Absenteeism, lateness to school, alcoholism, smoking of hard drugs, indecent dressing, indulging in pre-marital sex and the misuse of mobile phones during classes were some of the negative attitudes of students which undermined smooth academic work.
He said it was equally important for parents to encourage their wards to concentrate on their academic work to enable them excel in their final examinations.
That, he said, would make it possible for students to gain admission to tertiary institutes and develop their capacity to acquire the requisite employable skills.
He said it was equally important for the teachers to be committed to their core business of providing quality teaching to the students to raise academic standards in the school.