An educationist and for­mer Headmaster of Soga­kope Senior High School (SOGASCO), Mr Kwame Tawiah Agor has called on parents to invest in the education of their children to prepare them adequately to face the future with confidence.

Mr Agor said education was the only tool that could be used to transform lives, and adequately prepare children to become responsible adults in future, therefore parents must put premium on investment in the education of their wards as the best legacy they could leave for them.

He was speaking on the theme: ‘’Transforming Lives through Education, Preparing Lives for Tomorrow’’ at the first Speech and Prize-giv­ing day of the Inheritance School at Kpetoe in the Agortime-Ziope District of the Volta region.

Mr Agor emphasised that the provision of holistic, accessible and quality edu­cation should be seen as the only way to transform lives to ensure that the youth were prepared sufficiently to become responsible adults in future.

He asked pupils and stu­dents to take their lessons seriously, and refrain from practices likely to affect their education, which would en­danger their future.

The educationist said it was important for children to respect their parents and teachers, to encourage them to provide their needs and impact knowledge to them since, that was key to their future development, add­ing that pupils and students must work hard to justify the investment parents were making in them.

The Proprietor of the school, Mr Anthony Agbovi said the school which was established in 2015, was ad­judged the best basic school in the Agortime-Ziope District in terms of academic perfor­mance at the Basic Educa­tion Certificate Examination (BECE).

Mr Agbovi said the vision of the school was to be the best in the district and among the best five basic schools in the country.

The Headmaster of the school, Mr Michael Semanu Owusu announced that the school had a total population of 427 made up of 217 boys and 210 girls with 20 teachers and urged stakeholders to live up to their responsibilities to sustain the progress made so far.

The Chairman of the Par­ent Teacher Association (PTA), Mr Bright K. Egbenu lauded the efforts of the manage­ment of the school and also commended teachers for their hard work which had distin­guished the school as the best in the district.

A total of 12 pupils, students, teachers and non-teaching staff who distin­guished themselves received citations, textbooks and cash as their awards.

 From Lawrence Markwei, Kpetoe