THE government's decision to turn the Kumasi Anglican Senior High School into one of the model schools in the country is impacting positively on the school in terms of infrastructural development and academic excellence.
The school, which was handicapped in terms of infrastructural development five years ago, now has a lot of physical structures such as a spacious dining hall and a kitchen, as well as a mighty assembly hall that can accommodate as many students as possible.
Other projects that have been completed and impacting positively on the academic work of the students include a modern library stocked with assorted books, a computer laboratory to facilitate Information Communication Technology (ICT) programmes for both teachers and students, three new staff bungalows, an infirmary and an administration block.
A newly constructed boys and girls dormitory that has created a congenial atmosphere for both male and female students to concentrate on their academic work, additional borehole, washrooms and a modern gate for the school are the other projects that have been completed since the government took the bold decision to develop the school a few years ago.
Existing edifices, including a two 15-unit blocks of classrooms, seven teachers’ bungalows, a Science laboratory, a headmaster's bungalow and the chaplain's bungalow, also have benefited from the government's gesture by way of upgrading, and today, the school can be counted among the well endowed schools in the Kumasi Metropolis and elsewhere.
The headmaster, Rev. Canon E.Y. Brobe-Mensah, who was full of praise to the government for initiating the pilot project of injecting capital to develop selected second cycle schools, pointed out that the construction of the girl's dormitory in particular was promoting female education in the school.
In a speech to mark the 35th anniversary of the school and the second Speech and Prize-giving Day, Rev. Canon Brobe-Mensah noted that for more than 20 years, girls were attending the school as day students.
“But since the beginning of this academic year, girls who desire to enjoy boarding facility have been admitted,” he added.
Speaking on the theme “Enhancing academic excellence through infrastructural development,” the headmaster urged the students to take advantage of the massive infrastructural development to focus on academic work.
He said the school was now a force to reckon with in the academic arena, stressing that "our results in external examinations since 2000 have been creditable, but in the last three years, they have been extremely creditable, and that of 2007 being exceptional,” he stated.
Explaining further, Rev. Canon Brobe- Mensah said out of the 803 students who participated in the West African Senior School Certificate Examinations, 522 excelled in eight subjects with 168 performing creditably in seven subjects while 64 of them passed in six subjects.
He said the excellent performance of the students in their last external examination made it possible for many of them to gain admission to tertiary institutions to pursue various programmes.
He said in the 2007 Mathematics quiz programme, the school came close to winning the competition, but lost narrowly to St. Augustine’s College and therefore commended Masters Francis Opoku Agyapong, Daniel Boakye and Dominic Osei, who represented the school.
On the challenges that faced the school, Rev. Canon Brobe-Mensah said the increase in boarding facilities had boosted admission and therefore appealed for more staff accommodation to enable as many teachers as possible to be housed in the school to enhance discipline among the students.
He said the school also needed a bus to address its transportation problems, as well as a “wide range of books to stock the library”.
He said it was equally important for the public to support the school with computers to augment the few it had to enhance ICT programmes.
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