OPOKU WARE TO GET LABORATORY (PAGE 17, JAN 8, 2010)

THE Opoku Ware Senior High School Old Boys Association (AKATAKYIE) in Germany has cut the sod for the construction of a laboratory to enhance teaching and learning of the German language in the school.
The facility, being sponsored by the German-based Akatakyie and estimated at GH¢79,296, is expected to be completed in three years.
It comprises a three-classroom block, a library, a recreation hall, offices and stores,
The Headmaster of Opoku Ware Senior High School, Mr Stephen Anokye, in collaboration with the board of governors, provided a parcel of land for the construction of the project.
The President of the Germany Group of Akatakyie , Okatakyie Kofi Gyamfi Boateng, who cut the sod for the commencement of the project, said their initiative was to encourage students from OWASS to be versatile in the German language to enhance the development of their potentials.
He said regardless of their number, which is only 11, “we are determined to make an impact in the school by giving back what it offered us many years ago”.
Mr Boateng pointed out that apart from the facility under construction, the old boys in Germany would also furnish the laboratory with logistics when completed, to motivate students to take keen interest in the German language.
“This will enable them to compete favourably with their counterparts in Europe whenever they have the opportunity to further their studies abroad,” he explained.
He said the need to establish the German language laboratory started five years ago when they contracted one Mr Charles Fordjour to teach the students, “but we found out that we needed facilities and logistics that could enhance teaching and learning of the language, hence this project”.
He appealed to other Akatakyies in Ghana and abroad to support them with funds to enhance completion of the project.
Mr Stephen Anokye commended them for their initiative.
He said as family members with a common identity, there was a need for old boys from the school to contribute in diverse ways to the development of the school.
Mr Anokoye said the project should be embraced by all old boys, because it offered the students tremendous benefits for in diverse ways.