Some of the dignitaries at the launch (from R-L) A.A Sowah (District Director of Education), Mike Acheampong (Chairman of Fisheries Commission), Justice Beatrice Agyemang Bempah, Prof. Omane Antwi, Joseph Omari Debrah (DCE), GK Agyare (Headmaster) and Seth Acheampong (MP)
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By William Yaw Owusu
Tuesday March 29, 2011.
MPRAESO SENIOR High School (MPASS) on the Kwahu Ridge in the Eastern Region at the weekend lunched its Golden Jubilee anniversary at the Teacher’s Hall in Accra.
The anniversary which is being celebrated under the general theme: “MPASS @ 50: Providing quality education for socio-economic development,” is expected to be held in November at the school’s premises.
At the Teacher’s Hall where the anniversary was launched, past, present students and current staff were there to support the fundraising event to boost infrastructural development at the school. The target set is GH¢500,000.
Addressing them, Professor Kwame Boasiako Omane-Antwi, Vice Rector of the Pentecost University and an old student underscored the need for all past students to collaborate to support efforts at making the school a center of excellence.
“Many schools in the country are making it because the old students are ready to offer support for their alma mater. We should begin to close our ranks, build networks and make sure MPASS succeeds.”
He said the people of Kwahu should make sure that education becomes the mainstay of the local people which would in turn bring about accelerated development.
Sam Akurang Wiafe, Chairman of the anniversary planning committee said the state of disrepair at MPASS is unacceptable adding “the past students have sat by unconcerned whilst the school’s infrastructure continues to deteriorate.”
“MPASS has produced many well-placed Ghanaians and this is the time for all of us to look back and promote educational excellence so that the current generation will not continue to study under harsh conditions.”
Joseph Omari Debrah, District Chief Executive of Kwahu South assured of government’s commitment towards the improvement of educational infrastructure in the country saying “government views education as a worthy investment.”
He said the achievements of MPASS are enviable but a lot more could be done: “we should re-model the school to meet the needs of the changing times,” he noted.
Seth Acheampong, Member of Parliament for Mpraeso said “MPASS is the government’s lead school on the Kwahu Ridge and has the potential to become a center of excellence. It is up to the past students to collaborate with the school’s authorities to make it happen.”
George Kwaku Agyare, Headmaster of MPASS announced that for the first time the school’s board of governors “is now in the hands of the past students group chaired by Justice Beatrice Agyemang Bempah, a retired High Court judge and first girls’ prefect of MPASS.”
He said the school needs a modern assembly hall, dormitory block, modern ICT center, staff accommodation, tarred roads, fence wall and renovation of the classroom blocks.
He commended some of the past students for their continuous support and praised the Parent Teacher’s Association (PTA) for being there for the school in difficult times.
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