THE President of Friends of Rivers and Water Bodies, an environmental non-governmental organisation (NGO) in Kumasi, Nana Kwabena Dwomoh Sarpong, has called on the Ghana Education Service (GES) to collaborate with the government to reward committed and hardworking headmasters at the national teachers awards day.
He said rewarding hardworking heads of second cycle institutions would motivate their peers to initiate moves that would improve and sustain high academic standards and moral discipline in the country.
Addressing students and staff of Barekese Senior High School (SHS) during their maiden speech and prize-giving day, Nana Sarpong expressed concern about the failure of the state to recognise heads of second cycle institutions whose initiatives had transformed deprived schools into well-endowed ones.
“It is time the state identified and rewarded heads of institutions who have contributed immensely to high academic standards in their respective schools and also improve discipline among students,” he stated.
“Such awards would not only motivate their peers to emulate the awardees but would also bring productive competitions in second cycle schools,” he said.
Nana Sarpong commended the Headmaster of Barekese SHS, Nana Taa Asiakwa Agyemang III, for his sense of initiative and commitment to the effective development of the school since he assumed office five years ago.
He pointed out that within the five-year period, the headmaster had collaborated with stakeholders to develop the needed infrastructure to enhance enrolment of students.
He said adequate infrastructure in the school was also impacting positively on teaching and learning, thereby enhancing high academic standards.
In his address, the Ashanti Regional Director of Education, Mr Joseph Kwabena Onyinah, said the GES was committed to supporting the creation of well-balanced students with the requisite knowledge, skills and values.
Mr Onyinah advised students to stay away from drugs, alcoholism, promiscuity, occultism, cyber fraud and other criminal activities to enable them to concentrate on their academic programmes.
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