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Old pupils award teacher for dedicated service
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• Mr Nathan Akwada presenting the citation to Mr. Richard Frank Agbemabiase
“A teacher’s reward is in heaven” is a popular African saying but the old pupils from the Togbloku Local Authority Middle School in the Ada East District of the Greater Accra Region, thought rewarding one of their former Teachers on earth was equally necessary.
After over 50 years, the old pupils decided to look for one of their teachers who contributed immensely to making them who they are presently to honour him.
The 78-year-old retiree, Mr. Richard Frank Agbemabiase popularly known as “Countryman” taught in the school for 11 years.
He received an unspecified amount of money, a hamper made up of a cloth, a pair of sandals and a citation echoing the admonishment by the Holy Bible that “whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might…”
The Association led by Mr. Nathan Akwada recalled some fond memories back in the day and how his good training had been helpful to make them disciplined people.
He said looking back on the years under his tutelage, the former pupils had come to the realisation that all what he did was out of love and aimed at moulding them into responsible and useful citizens in future.
“During the years you taught at the school, many of the pupils felt you were hard because of your strict adherence to principle and discipline “ the citation partly read.
He expressed appreciation to Mr. Agbemabiase and commended him for his dedicated service and unwavering efforts in ensuring that the pupils had the best of education.
Mr. Agbemabiase expressed appreciation to the association and said he had taught hundreds of pupils but only a few of them had remembered to show him kindness.
He wished them well and asked them to stay united while encouraging other teachers to do their best while in active service.
From Dzifa Tetteh Tay, Ada.
Two female students from the Eastern and Upper West regions of Ghana have booked their qualifications for the finals of this year’s World Vision Ghana School Sanitation Solutions Challenge slated for September 21, at the National Theatre in Accra.
The girls are Dede Nyarko from the Nkawkaw St Anthony RC JHS in the Eastern Region and Dasanah Candi Mwine Maalo from the Star of God RC JHS in the Upper West Region.
In all, 10 schools reached the semifinal stage held in Sunyani in the Bono Region.
The School Sanitation Solution Challenge by the World Vision Ghana instituted in 2019 is an annual national competition for Ghanaian pupils from primary six to Junior High School students up to form two.
The programme aims to foster environmental consciousness and empower children to concrete sustainable water, Sanitation and hygiene (WASH) Solution
The annual event is supported by the Ministry of Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Ghana Education Service and Zoomlion Foundation among other partners.
The girls won their respective contest from SHELP and COCOA zones and are expected to face other competitors from the southern zones for the ultimate prize at the National Theatre next month.
Dasanah Candi Mwine Maalo had an aggregate score of 77 points to pick the Shelp zone slot while Dede Nyarko also had an aggregate score of 89 to win from the Cocoa zone.
The Bono Regional Minister, Joseph Addae Akwaboah, in a speech read on his behalf commended World Vision Ghana and its partners for instituting the competition to highlight sanitation issues in the country.
“Placing young people at the centre of the conversation on sanitation is highly commendable,” he said.
According to him under the government’s reset agenda, sanitation has received renewed attention as a critical component of effective local governance and service delivery
Mr Akwaboah said sanitation issues is a national responsibility and which everybody must play a role in ensuring clean, safer and sustainable environment devoid of diseases.
The WASH Technical Specialist- World Vision Ghana Atta Arhin in an address highlighted that while Ghana has achieved high basic access rates to safe drinking water approximately 87 per cent nationally, environmental sanitation and elimination of open defections lag critically behind.
He said the winner of the seventh edition would embark on a fully sponsored educational trip abroad and other prices.
From Daniel Dzirasah, Sunyani
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