PARENTS ASKED TO ASSIST SCHOOL MANAGEMENT (GRAPHIC NSEMPA, PAGE 10)

By Collins Agyekum-Gyasi, Kumasi

REVEREND Stephen Mathyrs Acquah, the Director of the Gonzalez Educational Complex in Kumasi, has asked parents to assist school management boards to provide quality education at the basic level.
He noted that the critical challenge of education in the country was to make basic education more effective.
Rev Acquah made the remarks on Sunday at the climax of the first anniversary celebration of the school.
The anniversary had the theme, ‘Focusing on Child Training Technology’.
Rev Acquah said teaching was not an easy work but with the cooperation of parents and other stakeholders, teachers would be motivated enough to give of their best to lay a solid foundation for the children entrusted in their care.
“Without fortified foundation at the basic level, whatever system you adopt in teaching will not be successful,” he stressed.
He said the Gonzalez School needed parents’ assistance to train the children in Information Communication Technology [ICT] and also put up a permanent school block and provide logistics for the school.
The chairman of the school’s PTA, Mr Mark Asare Donkor, said education was very expensive throughout the world but parents should think of its benefits and invest in their children to become responsible future leaders.
He called for effective coordination between parents and school authorities to enhance sustainable growth of the children.
Mr Donkor pleaded with the school board to fence the campus to protect the children from going outside.
The Director of Ghana Inland Mission, Rev E.K Basoah, said parents should go the extra mile to train children to take the mantle of leadership in the future.
He advised parents to attend church services with their children and not to leave them behind.