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Parents urged to prioritise school choices before subjects
Parents have been advised to prioritise selecting suitable Senior High Schools for their wards before considering subject combinations during placement.
The advice comes as parents across the Volta Region troop to various Junior High Schools to assist their wards in making selections for the Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS).
In the Volta Region, Mawuli School, OLA Senior High School, Bishop Herman College, Anlo Senior High Technical School and Kpando Technical Institute are among the Category A institutions, making them highly sought-after choices.
Mr Silvester Akubia, Headteacher of a school in the Ho West District, told the Ghana News Agency that parents should concentrate on the school and programme before worrying about specific subject combinations.
“The most important thing is the course that the person will offer. The subject combination should not be the first consideration during the selection process,” he said.
He explained that parents should first identify at least eight preferred schools before visiting the JHS, adding that the current selection required candidates to choose five boarding schools and three-day schools.
“You must have those schools in mind or write them down before you go to the school. The selection is eight schools, so you must have at least eight schools in mind,” Mr Akubia said.
Mr Johannes Ekpe-Asrevi, Headteacher of Have EP Basic School in the Afadzato South District, said parents were not compelled to follow a particular distribution of Category A, B and C schools, provided the required number of boarding and day choices was maintained.
“Somebody can decide to pick one from Category A, three from Category B and five from Category C. It does not matter, but you must make sure that you have five boarding schools and three-day schools,” he said.
Mr Ekpe-Asrevi also advised parents to print their wards’ results and examine their grades before making selections, explaining that the competitiveness of boarding placement could depend on candidates’ academic performance and the number of applicants choosing a particular school.
“The school you are taking as your fifth choice may be the same school somebody is taking as the first choice, so the grades and the order of choice can become important,” he added. –GNA
Medical Doctor and dietician, Dr Bernice Korkor Asare, has urged women to take greater responsibility for their lifestyle choices, particularly their eating habits and levels of physical activity, to help reduce their risk of developing breast cancer.
According to her, although, some breast cancer risk factors, such as family history and certain reproductive factors, may not be within an individual’s control, lifestyle choices offer an opportunity for people to take preventive action.
She made this known during a talk on the topic: “Role of diet in breast cancer prevention” organised by Times Ladies Association of the New Times Corporation, publishers of The Ghanaian Times and The Spectator, in Accra on Thursday.
The event themed “Breast Cancer Awareness- Promoting Early Detection, Healthy Eating and Prevention.” 
She noted that having a risk factor did not automatically mean a person would develop breast cancer, but could increase the likelihood of developing the disease compared with someone without that particular risk factor.
“Having close relatives who have had breast cancer, particularly a mother, sister or daughter, may increase the risk, although not everyone with a family history will develop the disease,” Dr Asare opined. Read More.
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A group of compassionate friends from Innovation Gospel Impact last Friday visited the management, teachers and learners of the Street Academy in Accra.
The visit was to interact to get a deeper insight into the operations of the Academy that houses hundreds of street and underprivileged children and find ways to support them.
The team was led by Rev. Dr Isaac Apenteng Yeboah, a former Director for West African Mailbox Club and Director for Prisons Support Foundation, and Rev. Dale Sutherland from Washington DC.
The call, according to the visitors was occasioned by reports about the struggles of the Academy despite the occasional support it enjoys from individuals and some corporate entities.
Briefing them, the Founder and Executive Director of the Academy, Dr Ataa Lartey, thanked them for the concern showed, indicating that “this is a major boost for both teachers and learners; knowing that their plight is known by people outside their premises.”
According Dr Lartey, the Academy had planned to undertake a number of project to enhance teaching and learning and also procure facilities for the children with keen interest in sports but had to shelve those plans for lack of finance.
He told the team that their biggest concerns were the monthly utility bills that takes a toll on their finances.
“We have a piece of land we planned to turn into an astro turf pitch to train the younger ones whose interests lies in making a career out of football, however, we have been unable to commence because there is no money now,” he said.
Dr Lartey expressed gratitude to the teachers who have dedicated their lives to training these children, rather than going for well-paying jobs and hoped that with time, their conditions of engagement would improve.
Moved by the plight of the Academy, the group donated a cash amount of Gh₵3,000 to settle its water bills.
They described as unfortunate the conditions of learners and teachers of the Academy and pledged to continuously support their operations to realize the dream to build a better future for the unfortunate children.
The group offered to support the school with its monthly utility bills, feeding and staff allowance and urged the Academy staff to remain in constant touch with them.
The Street Academy is located at the Accra Art Center and offers brilliant but needy the chance to pursue their educational dreams by enrolling them in public schools with others offered training in sports and cultural activities.
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