News
Amenfiman SHS qualifies for NSMQ competition
Amenfiman SHS students receiving their price
Amenfiman Senior High School (AMENSS) in the Wassa Amenfi East District in the Western Region has qualified to participate in the 2023 National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) competition.
Represented by Masters Ebenezer Tetteh, Paul Ayehu, and Raymond Amoaful the school emerged winners at the NSMQ regional qualifiers competition held on June 7, 2023 after beating Tarkwa SHS, Axim Girls’ SHS, and Nsein SHS.
The Headmaster of the school Mr Isaac Mickson in an interview with The Spectator expressed his heartfelt Joy for the success chalked by the school’s contestants. He urged them to work hard to enable them win the national competition.
He has, therefore, appealed to old students of the school to assist them in acquiring the requisite academic materials for the school’s quiz club.
Established in 1976 through the drive with an initial enrolment of 38 students, and exertion of the good people of Wassa Amenfi. AMENSS which was formally opened with 38 the school can now boast of more than 1300 student population.
Amenfiman S.H.S has been categorised as a grade “B” school by the Ghana Education Service, and aims at providing quality teaching based on sound academic and moral principles delivered by well-qualified and motivated graduate teachers backed by an efficient non-teaching staff.
The school has performed very well with the motto “WISDOM DWELLS WITH PRUDENCE’, at the West African Secondary School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE).
By: Francisca S. Atta-Eyison
News
GES directs Ashanti Regional, Obuasi Municipal Education Directors to step aside over Obuasi SHTS scandal
The Management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has directed the Ashanti Regional Director of Education, Dr. William Amankrah Appiah, and the Obuasi Municipal Director of Education, Mr. Kwamena Owusu-Nketiah, to step aside with immediate effect.
The directive forms part of ongoing investigations into allegations of sexual misconduct involving the headmaster of Obuasi Senior High Technical School (SHTS), Mr. Zakaria Abdulai.
According to GES, the decision is intended to ensure that the investigations proceed without potential interference, nor the perception of it.
The two directors are to hand over their offices and all state property in their possession to the Deputy Ashanti Regional Director of Education, Mr. Thomas Kwame Boateng.
Management added that the headmaster, Mr. Zakaria Abdulai, also remains interdicted and therefore urged the public to ignore any news circulating that he has been cleared.
Management is calling for calm, support and cooperation as thorough investigations into the matter continue.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has joined the family of the late Professor Jason Atta Kwei Arday, the Ghanaian community in the UK, and other dignitaries for a memorial service in Southwark, UK.
In a post, Mr. Ablakwa described the service as deeply moving and unforgettable, held in honour of the late professor’s memory.
According to him, in keeping with the government’s pledge, he joined the family, Ghana’s High Commissioner to London, British MPs, Ministers, the Mayor of London, Cambridge scholars, Prof. Arday’s students and loved ones to pay respects and honour his inspiring legacy.
Mr. Ablakwa noted that Prof. Arday’s accomplishments as the youngest Black professor appointed at the University of Cambridge and his widely appreciated charitable contributions will continue to inspire generations.
“The Government and People of Ghana will continue to stand by our compatriots everywhere they are in the world. As we do so, we profess our commitment to justice, equality and the creation of a new world,” he said.
He prayed for fortitude for the family in what he described as an extraordinarily difficult time.
“We shall always remember Prof. Arday for his response when asked what he will wish to do to change the world: ‘I would take a thread and a needle, and I’d interweave love into our society’,” Mr. Ablakwa added.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
