PTA funds dormitory block for P-AMASS

Gomoa Potsin (C/R), Nov. 8, GNA - The Potsin T.I. Ahmadiyya Secondary School (P-AMASS) is to get a 1.8 billion-cedi three-storey boys dormitory block being constructed by the Parent-Teacher Association of the school. Mr Musah Amoah, Chairman of the PTA, who announced this at a meeting of the Association at Gomoa Potsin, said work on the project was progressing steadily.

He reminded the members that the project was being funded mainly through their dues and voluntary contributions and appealed to them to pay their dues promptly to ensure it early completion. "If you delay payment of dues you delay the project," Mr Amoah impressed on the members.

Mr Mohammed Ackonu, Headmaster said the school was facing accommodation problems for both students and staff and appealed to the Ministry of Education Science and Sports, donor agencies and philanthropists for assistance.

The Headmaster advised parents to either pay the school fees of the their children either with Bank Drafts or personally, saying, "On no account should money be given to students for payment of fees as they often misappropriate the amount".

Mr Ackonu announced that discipline and academic performance had improved and said many students of the school gained admission to the universities and other tertiary institutions. He said the school chalked some successes in sports and won the National Schools and Colleges Milo Soccer Championship Trophy by beating Prempeh College in the final.

He explained that the school authorities did not compel students to either be a Muslim or a Christian, saying, "Students go back home with the religion they come with." "This is to allay, the fears of parents who think their children will be converted into Muslim when they are enrolled in the school," he stated.

The headmaster appealed to parents and guardians to let the school authorities know the peculiar diseases that affected their children to enable them cater for their special needs. Mr Ackonu announced that the school's speech and prize giving day would be held on November 17 and appealed to parents and guardians to attend in their numbers.