School Head Unhappy With Top Men

... for forcing poor wards on h'master

The headmaster of the Sunyani Secondary School (SUSEC), Mr. Joseph Awuah, has accused people in authority of using their positions to pressurize headmasters to admit students who had poor grades into the senior secondary schools each academic year.

He said this had led to over enrolment in some senior secondary schools in the country and also resulted in the poor performances of some students, because they knew they had someone to push them through.

Mr. Awuah made these remarks during a sod cutting ceremony of an ?80-million ironing shed, for the students of SUSEC, funded by the Old Students Association (SOSA) of the school.

He particularly mentioned government officials and chiefs as the most people who normally put pressure on the headmasters to admit their wards.

Mr. Awuah appealed to the Ghana Education Service (GES) to expedite action on computerization system of admission in the senior secondary schools, in order to check and reduce abnormal pressure on headmasters.

The Sunyani Municipal Director of Education, Rev. Emmanuel Kusi called on old students to contribute their quota to the development of their alma mater.

The Director who is a past student of the school, was discontented about the laxity on the part of the old students in connection with the activities of SUSEC, and urged them to come to the aid of the school.

The President of the KNUST branch of the Old Students Association (SOSA), Johnson De-graft Ankamah hinted that, the Association was sourcing funds from Japan and American Embassies to establish an educational fund to assist the needy but promising students, to hoist the standard of education in the country.

He said the SOSA members were poised to perform creditably in all the tertiary institutions throughout the country and beyond.

Mr. Ankamah urged the students to follow the right steps of their predecessors with discipline and hard work for the good image of the school and the country at large.

The president advised them to stay away from premarital sex as well to avoid contracting any sexually transmitted diseases, especially the deadly HIV/AIDS.