Parents Charged to Monitor their Wards for Weird Behaviours

17-07-2011
Parents have been advised to remain vigilant and monitor their wards for any weird behaviours or secretiveness for correction. The headmaster of the Bolgatanga Senior high school, Didacus Afegrah, gave the advice during a P.T.A General Meeting held at the school in Bolgatanga. Mr. Afegrah was worried about the incessant student unrest in some second schools in the country and attributed the cause to the influx of foreign movies coupled with local ones that portrays doses of occultism practices and violent scenes. Students he noted are being excited to undertake a lot of spiritual experimentations and behaviours from such scenes, hence the need for parents to monitor their everyday activities as a way of ensuring their physical, psychological and spiritual wellbeing. Mr. Afegra also called on parents to pray unceasingly for their wards both at home and in school. Correspondent Isaac Asare has the rest of the story for Radio Ghana.
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The Bolgatanga Senior High School, popularly known as ‘BIG BOSS”, on October 15, 2011 celebrated its 40 years of existence. The school with a current student population of 2,012 has since its establishment, excelled in both academics and other extra- curricular activities. The staff strength of the school stands at 96 including 78 males and 18 females, out of which 14 are National and Voluntary Service Personnel as well as interns from the University of Education Winneba. Despite the challenges confronting the school, its academic credentials over the years cannot be overemphasized considering the increasing student population of the school each year. The Headmaster, Mr. Didacus Afegra showered praises to the past and present students of the school for their show of excellence over the years and encouraged them to work tirelessly to achieve more academic laurels. Delivering his academic report, Mr. Afegra estimated the number of candidates that wrote the 2011 WASSCE as 487 comprising 112 females and 375 males. Out of the figure, 68 students offering Agricultural Science Programme were affected due to a new computer software introduced by the West African Exam Council, this academic year. The new software required the school to have two Agricultural Science related subjects as electives. The school he added had no option than to sacrifice Elective Mathematics for Crop Husbandry and Horticulture. Affected students were however compelled to register and write Crop Husbandry and Horticulture instead of Elective Mathematics offered by the student for the past three years. He said a letter in a form of memorandum to that effect, had been sent to the leadership of the Ghana Education for redress. Mr. Afegra therefore seized the opportunity to appeal to GES to seek an early intervention on the issue so that the school can better handle the second and third year students offering Agriculture Science Programme. He mentioned inadequate classrooms as one of the major challenges facing the school. The situation he said has compelled the school to convert the science laboratory to regular classroom and the assembly hall to a dormitory. Other challenges he indicated include the school wall project which he said has become stalled due to improper demarcation. According to him efforts are being made to get it properly demarcated whilst plans are afoot to ensure successful completion of the legal instrument for the acquisition of the school land. He commended the PTA for their support over the years and called for more of such support from individuals and organizations to enhance effective teaching and learning. He moreover charged parents to continuously monitor their wards for weird behaviours. Highlighting a number of activities for the period under review, the School’s PTA Chairman, King David Yin announce that funds for the school snack for teachers had been increase from 300 Ghana Cedis to 500 Ghana Cedis and attributed the effect to increase in the teaching staff and cost of items. He also appealed to parents to pay 5 Ghana Cedis towards the speedy completion of the school wall project to avoid litigation and encroachment from community members.
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