The Nkoranza M/A “A” Junior High School (JHS) at Nkoranza in the Bono East Region has launched its 50th anniversary under on the theme: “Celebrating 50 years of excellence in education: The role of stakeholders.”
At the launch last Friday to add colour to the event and contribute toward further developments of the school were various year groups, including 1978, 1985, 1986, 1991, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002.
The event was aimed at mobilizing resources to renovate the existing dilapidated classrooms, construct facilities such as computer laboratory, a dressing room for adolescent girls and a seven-seater toilet facility for the school.
Emmanuel Yaw Afena, the headmaster of the Nkoranza M/A. “A” JHS, emphasized the importance of the old students supporting the school’s efforts to enhance effective teaching and learning.
The headmaster mentioned poor infrastructure, congestion in classrooms, and the lack of toilet facilities as some of the main challenges facing the school and pledged to maintain the school’s academic standards and conducive environment for the teachers and students.
“I met so many challenges in the school as a headmaster, some of the challenges include bad state of the infrastructure, the roofing, and the classrooms are congested for the students due to increasing in numbers, lack of toilet facility, so we needed to do some renovations to abate the challenges”, Afena Yaw said.
He added that the school has educated so many people who are serving in various capacities around the world and urged all old students to continue supporting the school so that it can continue to impact many more lives.
“Our young girls are growing, we need to find a dressing room for them when they want to dress up during their menstrual season”, Afena Yaw added.
He finally urged the old students to always make sure to give a helping hand to the school when the need arises.
Daniel Opoku (Senior Opo), a 1998 batch student on behalf of the old students called on all the various year groups to team up and help renovate the school, saying: “It is important for the old students to compliment the teacher’s efforts and help to enhance effective teaching and learning for their Alma Mater.”
Nkoranza M/A “A” JHS, was established on 9th September 1978, to help educate wards for better future.
Story by Apiah-Kubi, Fabea FM, Nkoranza
