By Francis Ntow
Senya Beraku (C/R), Aug. 28, GNA – The Old Students of Senya Senior High School (SENSEC) in the Central Region have resolved to help address infrastructure and other teaching and learning challenges of the school to uplift its image.
The Association at its maiden SENSOSA Alumni homecoming over the weekend at the school, pledged to harness its network of former students to mobilise finance and other resources to support the school.
Established in 1991 as a community day school, SENSEC, which has a student population of nearly 1,500, now hosts boarding students from Winneba, Gomoa Fetteh, Akoti, Awutu Beraku, and Kasoa, with others from Accra, and other parts of the country.
Speaking at the event, Mr Nicholas Afful, Interim President of the Association’s Executive Committee, outlined a number of initiatives to support the school’s holistic transformation agenda.
It includes a full scholarship initiative for five best candidates in the 2024 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) to study in China, and subsequent ones, sponsored by the 2013-year group.
The Association also plans to help train and motivate students to excel beyond the regional championships and participate in the National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ).
Regarding infrastructure, the Association, in the short-term, would mobilise financial and human resources to help complete a stalled two-storey teachers’ bungalow.
“As alumni, we’ve gone on after school to achieve greatness in various fields in the past 30 years, but we remain connected by our shared roots. It’s time to give back to the school and the next generation of leaders,” Mr Afful said.
“I want to affirm the commitment of the Old Students Association in contributing to the development of the school, including assisting to have our students reach higher stages at the NSMQ, and inspire them in career choices through seminars, and other fora,” he added.
Mr Ebenezer Nana Wilson, Headteacher of the school, stated that despite the academic success and educational improvement over the past years, SENSEC continued to battle with amenities, hampering the delivery of quality education.
He disclosed that Kosmos Energy, a deep-water exploration and production company, would soon construct an infirmary for the school to provide first aid and other primary healthcare services to students and staff of the school.
Mr Wilson, however, indicated that inadequate classrooms and desks, non-standardised science and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) centres, and lack of bungalows, and dormitories remained challenges facing the school.
Speaking at the event, Mr Eugene Arhin, Director of Communications at the Office of the President, who provided 14 sets of street lights to the school, pledged to lobby for the school to get a standardised science lab in the shortest time possible.
He encouraged the Association to leverage its expertise and connections to build up the school.
Mr Arhin, who is also the Parliamentary Candidate for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for Awutu Senya West in the upcoming elections, urged the students to study, not only to pass the WASSCE but get good grades to uplift the image of the school.
GNA