Kyirapatre (Ash), March 2, GNA-School pupils have been advised to stop challenging their teachers who help to mould their lives. The Reverend Father Peter Eshun-Rhule, Rector of the Saint Michael's Catholic church at Kyirapatre in the Kumasi metropolis, who gave the advice, attributed the falling standard of education in the country to indiscipline and behaviour of some parents which discourages teachers from giving of their best.
Addressing pupils and teachers of the Catholic primary school at Kyirapatre to mark this year's Catholic Education Week celebration, he asked the pupils to eschew arrogance, disrespect and laziness.
Rev Father Eshun-Rhule said it was a matter of concern that some parents upon hearing that their children have been punished, storm the school to attack teachers and called for a stop to such acts.
He asked pupils not to waste their time by roaming aimlessly while classes were in session, gambling, and playing but take their studies seriously so that they would become useful citizens.
Miss Beatrice Ohene Agyei, headmistress of the school, said the children undertook clean-up exercises in the town and swept the streets as part of the activities to mark the week and climaxed it with a quiz competition as well as games.
Social Campaign Morality Campaign to eradicate moral decadence on campuses launched
Accra, March 2, GNA - Pastor Edward Kofi Tumsiah, Programme Coordinator of the Campus Transformation Network (C-Tranet) on Tuesday said more than 60 per cent of ladies on campuses dress indecently, almost going naked, leading to the increment in rape and sexual harassment. He said this problem had reached worrisome levels with prostitution becoming a thriving business in the female hostels in some of the higher institutions, adding that this called for a campaign that would bring behavioural change. Pastor Tumsiah was speaking at a press conference to outdoor the Act Right Initiative Campaign, a programme committed to the eradication of vices and ensuring good moral standards on the country's campuses of higher learning. It was organized by the Campus Transformation Network (C-Tranet) an organization made up of professionals from the various sections of the society with branches in Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Gambia.
With the slogan "Just Say No To Evil" the campaign aims to eradicate sexual perversion and prostitution, examination malpractices, corruption and unethical job practices nudity and indecent dressing and disrespect for authority, among other things, on the various campuses.
Pastor Tumsiah said there was a great outcry on the devastating effects of the HIV/AIDS in the society with some of the victims being students between the ages of 17 to 24 years. He said to start the campaign, a six-day symposium would be held from March 9 to 14, 2004, on the various campuses that would include parades, debates and lectures to create awareness on the prevailing moral decadence and their attendant consequences. Pastor Tumsiah appealed to all members of the society, especially the media to trumpet the impact of such campaign until the youth began to change their behaviour. 02 March 04
