Ogyeahorhuor Kwaku Gyebi II, the Chief of the Anhwiaso Traditional Area, in the Bibiani Anhwiaso constituency, in the Western Region, has appealed to Nana Akufo-Addo to reintroduce the four-year senior high school system should he win the 2016 elections.
The three-year system was first changed into the four-year system under the Kufuor administration, in which Nana Akufo-Addo served as Attorney General and Minister of Justice. It was, however, reversed to the three-year system under President John Mills, who passed away at the dying embers of his first term.
In the view of the Anhwiaso Chief, the four-year system will do a lot of good to students and thus must be brought back by the three-time falgbearer of the NPP if he wins the December 7 polls. He, however, stated that if the 3-year duration will be maintained, then all senior high schools must be equipped with the requisite learning facilities to help improve the grades of students.
Ogyeahorhuor Kwaku Gyebi II made the appeal after he had bemoaned the falling standards of education under the administration of President John Mahama, with particular reference to the recently published results of candidates who sat in this year’s West Africa Senior Secondary Examination.
Saddened by the results, which saw only 53% of students recording passes in English; 48.5% passes in Integrated Science; and 32.8% passes in Core Mathematics, the Chief wondered “if these are the kinds of results being churned out as a nation, how then can we develop?”
Ogyeahorhuor Kwaku Gyebi II was confident that under an Akufo-Addo government, “the Free SHS policy will be truly implemented”. To this end, he appealed to the NPP flagbearer to come to the aid of the Anhwiaso Senior High School, a project he undertook on his own. “Government, in the last two years, has taken over the school. However, till date the students have nowhere to lay their heads. On our own, again, we have started the construction of a dormitory and a science laboratory. Kindly assist us finish this school when you win,” the Chief appealed
Source: Ghana/AccraFM.com
