Kumasi, Sept 17, GNA- Mr Owusu Boadu, Assistant Director of Education at the Kumasi Metropolitan Directorate of Education, has said that education is the best legacy parents could bequeath to their children.
Mr Boadu gave the advice at the second graduation and 10th anniversary celebration of the Hill Top School at Daaban in Kumasi at the weekend.
He urged parents to give quality education to their children to enable them to make meaningful contributions towards the socio-economic development of the country in future.
The theme for the occasion was "Education for Excellence, Knowledge and Integrity, the Lessons a Decade After".
He said the government was committed to the development of education and has introduced a new Educational Reform Programme, which has just taken-off in the country.
The Assistant Director observed that the government has also put in place measures including the introduction of the Capitation Grant and the School Feeding Programme in schools as well as the provision of classroom blocks and other facilities to enhance teaching and learning. Mr Boadu commended the efforts made by private schools towards the promotion of education and said the government appreciates the gesture and hoped that such partnership would continue.
Dr. Andrew Akwasi Oteng-Amoako, Director of the school, said the school started with only ten children in 1997 but now has a population of 900 pupils and students in the Nursery, Kindergarten, Primary and Junior High School.
He said the school placed first in the Kumasi metropolis, second in the Ashanti region and sixth among 2,600 basic Schools in the country at the Basic Education Certificate Examination last year. Mrs Cecilia Oteng-Amoako, Proprietress of the School said arrangements were far advanced for the school to establish a Senior High School next year to absorb the Junior High School leavers. She appealed to the parents and guardians to attend Parent-Teacher-Association (PTA) meeting regularly to deliberate on the development of the school.
Mr Frank Mpare, Secretary, who chaired the function, praised the school on the occasion and urged parents and guardians to take advantage of the governments efforts to promote education and send their children to schools.
