Work together to improve education - stakeholders urged

Accra, March 14, GNA - The 48th Speech and Prize-Giving Day of Wesley Grammar Secondary School was held at the weekend with a call on parents, teachers and students to work together to raise standards in education in the country.

"The need to improve academic performance stems from the tremendous changes that occur not only in the field of education itself but also in the wider field of socio economic endeavour", Mr Kwamena Bartels, Member of Parliament for Ablekuma North, stated.

The theme for the occasion, which also marked the Founders' Day was: "Improving Academic Performance in Schools: The Role of Students, Teachers and Parents".

Mr Bartels, who is also the Minister for Private Sector Development, noted that one of the best ways to prepare students to succeed in life was to constantly strive to improve on their academic performance.

He urged the stakeholders to show commitment, which would enable them to identify critical areas that needed to be tackled for the general good.

The Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church, The Most Reverend Dr Robert Aboagye-Mensah, called for high moral discipline by all those involved in running schools.

"The call for discipline should not be limited to only students. Rather, it is a call to all those who are involved in the running of our schools to show a high sense of commitment towards the welfare of the schools. They must place the welfare of the schools over and above their individual and corporate interests."

Dr Aboagye-Mensah noted that for the school to reach greater heights, there was the need for teamwork between all the stakeholders saying, cultivating the culture teamwork, "instead of the culture of pull him down" is important for improved academic performance. He noted that the level of support that any school, including Wesley Grammar would receive from the public would depend on the image it carved for itself. He therefore urged the school to build for itself a positive image.

Reverend Isaac Aidoo, headmaster of the school, said it was committed to nurturing students with the requisite skills to make them usable products for the country.

He called on the GETFUND to come to assist the school to complete its visual arts project, adding that the only vehicle of the school that was purchased in 1984, had virtually broken down, leaving the school without any other means of transport.

Prizes were awarded to deserving students and tutors.