from Bampoe Daniel, Odumase
Rev. Simeon Asige, the Director of Secondary Education has warned all headmasters and headmistress in the secondary cycle institutions to stop charging fees from guardians and parents more than the Ghana Education Services rate given out for students to pay.
According to him, he feels very sad and disappointed for hearing complaints from Parents and guardians of heads of the Secondary Schools for demanding fees more than the one been outlined by the GES for students to pay to the schools and these is a warning signal to them.
Rev. Simeon Asige who was very much disappointed of the School Heads behavior after talking more than 45 minutes while standing, query the SHS Heads to stop demanding items and fees charges not been in the prospectus of the GES made these known during the 45th?Anniversary Celebration of Manya Krobo Senior High School – MAKROSEC at Odumase Krobo in the Eastern Region.
He said what they seen is not best, and the Ghana Education Directorates is not interested in charging or to transfer any School heads, but what the heads do is not the best and?wouldn’t?sit down to allow any heads to do that, due to sought of complaints from parents and guardians, and what pains him most is that the moment he reaches office, early in the?morning?parents step in to complained.
Rev. Asige further advice all headmasters and headmistress to report all challenges to the Secondary Directorate Office, in case they had any decisions to take concerning about the fees, before any necessary action should be taken.
The headmaster of MAKROSEC Rev. Isaac Sackey Kwao, in an open speech said, the school has a heritage of ever ? improving academic records of hardworking with dedicated staff of understanding supportive parents, students and individuals, whom they place their endowment at the disposal of the school which has raised the school to the high level and has achieved its aimed and vision.
He reiterated that, within the next years the school needs to expand its infrastructures in completion of an Assembly hall complex, bungalows for staff, an upgraded road network, power generating plant, fencing wall around the school, ongoing and abounded projects which the school needs support to commenced these projects by urging government to helped.
The MP for Lower Manya Constituency and Deputy?Defense?Minister, Hon Terlarbi also?acknowledged the school authorities for commencing the 45th anniversary celebration into successful way, and urged parents to enroll their wards to achieved better education which is the key national development by tasking the students to learn hard and pass well with good academic results.
Nene Sakite III, Konor of Odumase, who honored?the?anniversary said, he?concessional agreed that, the main reason why we need a National Policy on Education is to guide the Education manifestos of politicians, which must not be in tainted by?party?politics, whereby today 3 years secondary education,?tomorrow?4 years, the next day 3 years, without even any public debates which is very bad and is?collapsing?the national education policy which has been administered whereby it should be an?independent?body.
He finally tasked the PTA to draw action plans that will tasked the students to learn hard, in order to lets the school to?achieved?its aim and vision with good records based on academic results.
