Teachers have been asked to make learning more interesting to students, by regularly updating themselves with knowledge in modern teaching trends.
They should also guide their students to use modern ICT gadgets to learn, be selfless and committed to the profession.
Dr Edem Kwashie Bakah, Senior Lecturer at the Department of French, University of Cape Coast, made the call when he launched the 50th Anniversary Celebrations of Abor Senior High School (ABORSCO).
The theme for the celebration which is slated for November 2015 is: “Provision of Quality Education: The Role of Stakeholders.’
Dr. Bakah appealed to teachers to be role models for students, because quality education is not necessarily about giving expensive education to our children, but is about bringing the right change and character.
He advised students to abhor indiscipline, while parents must be concerned with their children’s education.
“Government must also provide the right environment for learning, but as its support for education continues to dwindle, the community, and old students as well, must compliment the efforts,” Dr Bakah suggested.
He expressed worry that at 50, ABORSCO is still challenged with infrastructural deficits.
Mr. Raphael Kwashie, Keta Municipal Education Director, said only 28.11% of the School’s 2014 WASSCE qualified for tertiary admission in the country, a figure even cited as the best in a decade, should be of concern to all.
He said the 42.96% BECE pass gained by the Municipality this year explains that nearly 60% of the pupils are likely to be idle, a pointer of future disaster to themselves, family and the country.
Mrs. Nancy Goh, Headmistress, appealed for the provision of a library, laboratory, dinning and assembly halls and dormitory blocks for the school.
She said ABORSCO has made gallant strides from a humble beginning as a community private school until 1982, and can become a model school if supported.
Reverend Seth Agbeyome, President of the Old Students Association, announced plans of the Association to protect the school against intruders, build resting sheds and organize regular quizzes for the students.
