ADVENTIST SENIOR HIGH NEEDS GIRLS DOMITORY (PAGE 11, DEC 2)

THE Headmaster of the Kumasi Adventist Senior High School, Mr M. K. Addai, has appealed to the Government and benevolent organisations to support the school to construct a dormitory for girls in order to enhance admission of females to the school.
He explained that the school had a vast piece of land earmarked for expansion works, which included construction of girls dormitory but inadequate financial resources had impeded implementation of the project to accommodate more female students.
Speaking at the 25th anniversary and speech and prize-giving day of the school on the theme “Holistic Education for National Growth-The Adventist Factor,” Mr Addai appealed for a school bus to address the transportation needs of the school.
“The school is in dire need of a bus. Our number is large, so we deserve even two or more buses. This is because what we have has outlived its usefulness, but we continue to use it at the peril of our lives”.
He pointed out that the SDA “had never benefited from any government project, neither has any government vehicle been donated to it”.
Notwithstanding its financial predicament, he said the school, with the support of the parent-teacher association (PTA), had put up a science block, making it possible for them to introduce General Science as part of the school’s programmes.
Mr Addai said from its initial enrolment of 80 students a few years ago, the student population now stood at 1,800, and academically, “ students’ performance had improved, making it possible for a lot of students to qualify to enter tertiary institutions for them to develop their potentials”.
He commended the PTA of the school for its tremendous contributions towards the development of the school.
In his address, the Minister of Education, Mr Alex Tettey-Enyo, commended the school authorities for their commitment to the academic programmes of students, saying “it is comparable to that of the well-endowed and the traditionally acknowledged schools in the nation”.
He said the academic prowess of the school had created a healthy competitive academic spirit required to harness the resources of the country.
Mr Tettey-Enyo, however, called for a holistic educational programme on which students would receive both academic and moral disciplines to reduce the spate of indiscipline in society.