JHS students from Kpohe lack motivation for SHS

Junior High School students in Kpohe, a farming community in the Akatsi-North district lacks the motivation to study towards making the Senior High School (SHS) grade.

This is because the few of them who braved the odds to qualify for the SHS had their hopes dashed because their parents could not afford the cost involved.

Some JHS students in the community brought their plight to the notice of some members of a delegation from Elorm Parish of the E.P. Church in Ho-Bankoe during an outreach programme.

The delegation led by Reverend Albert Addae, Parish Pastor and Reverend Lawson Dzanku, Associate Pastor, presented a large consignment of assorted clothes, footwear and educational materials to the community.

Some of the students said they were ambitious to become professionals in various fields.

Until 2013 when the Elorm Parish established a Junior High School in that community, pupils from the local Primary Six had to trek about four kilometers to attend JHS at nearby Yevi.

As a result, many of the pupils, especially the girls dropped out of school and some got pregnant.

Mr Oscar Bobobu, Headmaster of the Local Primary school said JHS pupils in the community needed help to enable them to realize their ambition of climbing the academic ladder.

He described the establishment of the JHS in the community as a “valuable gift.”

Mr Bobobu said teachers from the Primary School were also teaching at the JHS, in addition to weekend and holiday classes by volunteers from the Elorm Parish.

The Kpohe JHS, which would present its first batch of candidates for the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in 2015, now has a total of 47 students in forms one and two.

A member of the delegation advised parents in the community to start preparing towards sending their children to SHS as soon as they entered the JHS.