MOVE TO PROMOTE EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE (Page 26)

Story: Joe Okyere, Abura Dunkwa

PROFESSOR Henry Ward Yaidoo of Abura Dunkwa has set up a GH¢30,000 (¢300 million) Education Trust Fund to promote and foster educational excellence in the Abura Dunkwa Methodist School.
The Yaidoo Education Trust Fund will be used to provide appropriate educational awards to deserving and promising pupils.
At the launch of the fund at Abura Dunkwa on Wednesday, Professor Yaidoo said he set up the fund, because the Abura Dunkwa Methodist School served as a vital springboard for his subsequent education and professional pursuit in the United Kingdom and the United States of America.
He expressed the hope and expectation that other products of the school and public spirited groups, organisations and individuals will contribute towards the fund to enhance its scope and coverage.
The District Chief Executive for Abura-Asebu-Kwanmankese, Mr Job Acquah Markin, asked teachers and parents to live up to their responsibilities, since the government was playing its part through the provision of textbooks and school uniforms and the introduction of the Capitation Grant and School Feeding Programme, among others.
Mr Paul Kow Simpson, who chaired the function, cautioned parents to desist from attacking teachers for disciplining their children.
The Headmistress of the school, Madam Comfort Bresi-Andoh, was not happy about the poor performance of pupils in the school of late, and promised that the teachers had resolved to work hard to improve upon the results. The District Director of Education, Mrs Rebecca Araba Neizer, commended Professor Yaidoo for his efforts to promote education.