Nana Atuobi Yiadom calls for a review of CSPSS

Nkwatia-Kwahu, Feb. 19, GNA - Nana Atuobi Yiadom IV, Chief of Nkwatia-Kwahu in the Eastern Region, at the weekend appealed to Government to review the Computer Selection and Placement System of Students (CSPSS) into Senior Secondary Schools (SSS) and allow a percentage for traditional authorities.

He said traditional authorities released land, while their citizens offered communal labour and other logistics towards the establishment of schools within their localities.

"We should be considered and allocated a percentage in the vacancies for our youth who excelled in the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE)."

"Such an offer would not only boost their morale but encourage them to learn hard to gain admission to schools within their localities," he added.

Nana Atuobi Yiadom made the appeal when a delegation of the National Executive Committee of Saint Peter's Secondary School (PERSCO) Old Boys Association paid a courtesy call on him at Nkwatia-Kwahu. The call was part of activities marking the school's 50th anniversary celebrations.

It was founded in 1957 by the Society of the Divine Word (SVD), a missionary society of the Catholic Church and named after Saint Peter Claver, a Spanish Jesuit Priest who worked most of his life among the poor Negro slaves of Colombia.

The school was officially approved by the then Ministry of Education in September 1960 and added to the list of encouraged schools. The theme for the celebration is: "50 years of Quality Catholic Education."

Nana Atuobi Yiadom said his predecessor, Nana Asante Yiadom III, encouraged the people to release their farming lands for the school as their contribution towards the socio-economic development of Nkwatia-Kwahu, Kwahuman and the country.

He appealed to the Government to rehabilitate the road linking the town to the school that was in a deplorable state. Mr Eugene Atta Agyepong, Member of Parliament for Abetifi and a pioneer student of the school, said Parliament was negotiating with the Government to review the system.

He explained that some people sacrificed to establish most schools in the country and their toil should not be in vain. Mr Agyepong said the contractor working on the road to the school encountered some problems in the past and gave the assurance that it would be re-awarded together with major roads in Nkwatia-Kwahu for rehabilitation this year.

Mr Edward Kwapong, General Manager, Human Resource Development of Ghana Commercial Bank and National President of the association said the visit was to afford the delegation genesis into the establishment of the school as party of the celebration. He appealed to traditional authorities to assist old students association in their areas to improve the quality of education in the country. The delegation later called on Nana Onini Afari II, Chief of Aduamoa-Kwahu and Chairman of the Board of Governors of the school. Nana Afari also cut the sod for work to begin on a 1.5 billion cedis dining hall expansion project for the school being undertaken by the association. 19 Feb. 07