MARTYRS JUBILEE SCHOOL IS 10 (MIRROR, PAGE 34, JUNE 5, 2010)

From George Ernest Asare, Kumasi

Authorities of Martyrs Jubilee School in Kumasi have launched their 10th anniversary celebration with an assurance to inculcate the values of morality in their students and also guide them to unearth their potentials.
Addressing a cross section of the public during the launching, Archbishop Emeritus Peter Kwasi Sarpong said the time has come for stakeholders in the educational sector to appreciate the level of moral decadence in the country and devise means of addressing it .
Describing a section of the present generation as “clever devils” because of their penchant for opulence irrespective of their economic status, Emeritus Sarpong said the failure of the state to inculcate the sense of moral values among the citizenry right from the kindergarten has turned some people to commit all sorts of crimes.
He explained that white colour crimes, armed robbery and the use of violence to settle personal scores, have become the order of the day because the present generation lacks moral values and a sense of patriotism to properly appreciate the evils they cause against their fellows in particular and the state in general.
Speaking on the theme, ‘providing quality education with Catholic principles’ he said the Catholic Church was more determined than ever to sustain its legacy of building a firm foundation to train students who attend catholic institution.
Touching on the Martyrs of Uganda Jubilee school which he established, Emeritus Sarpong said they had a vision of establishing a polytechnic and a university as a way of providing education par excellence to their students .
The Metropolitan Archbishop of Kumasi, Thomas Kwaku Mensah, who launched the anniversary, also assured that the Catholic Church was committed to producing students who would fit into society and not those who would become liabilities to their family, community and the state .
He, therefore, charged the school authorities to spend time to inculcate the sense of religious and moral values into the students for them to lead godly lifestyles.
In her welcoming address the Headmistress of the School, Sister Cecilia Salifu, said with a student population of 19 and three teachers, the school now boasts of 650 students with 27 teaching staff and 18 non-teaching staff.
He said the rapid increase of student population calls for additional classrooms, computer laboratory, a photocopier machine, a library complex and assembly hall.
The Chairman of the Parent Teacher Association, Mr Frederick Santuo, who chaired that programme, commended the school authorities for their commitment to develop values that would unearth the potentials of their students.