Kinbu Senior High Technical School celebrates 150th anniversary

As part of the celebration of Kinbu Senior High Technical School's (SHTS) 150th anniversary, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo donated a truck to the headmistress of the school.

He called on all stakeholders to unite in fostering an environment of creativity, critical thinking, and collaboration to continue building future leaders for the nation at the event in Accra on Saturday.

The president acknowledged the visionaries who laid the foundation for the school to achieve the historic milestone of a century and a half of educational excellence, resilience, and transformative impact on the lives of countless students, including himself, who became President of Ghana.

Speaking at the ceremony on September 27, President Akufo-Addo reminisced about his old school days when his father used to drop him off at the school, formerly known as Rowe-Road School, which later became Kinbu Experimental Junior Secondary School in 1976. The school was upgraded to Senior Secondary School status in 1990 and thus became Kinbu Secondary Technical School.

The Headmistress of the school, Sylvia M. Letcher-Teye, presented the historical phases that the school had undergone from 1874 to its current state.

Ms. Letcher-Teye, in her address at the anniversary, mentioned the theme “Equipping Our Future Leaders with 21st Century Skills – The Role of the Stakeholders” and unveiled that the school had seen improvement in its academic performances, jumping from a 20 percent pass mark to about 30 percent.

Despite this, she said the school was working hard to further improve performance; however, they were confronted with a number of challenges.

She said the school’s enrollment had increased from 1,200 to about 2,000 students, necessitating more facilities to accommodate the numbers. She added that the rest of the land had been occupied by squatters, market women, and the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU).

The Headmistress said it would be appreciated if the president could use his good office to remove those occupying their land illegally to enable the school to expand.

“The school needs a modern assembly hall that can accommodate these numbers, and we also need a boarding facility for the students so we can control them very well and increase the passes in WASSCE,” she stated.