Jubilee SHS inaugurates PTA

Published in the Daily Graphic on 28/05/2010, pg 11

Story: Matilda Attram

Jubilee Senior High School in the Ga South Municipality has inaugurated its first Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) that will manage the development of the school.
The school, established in 2007, adopted its name based on the golden jubilee celebration of the country.
At the inaugural ceremony in Accra at the weekend, the acting Training Officer in Charge of Senior High Schools of the Ga South Educational Directorate, Madam Edith Amane, said an association was a collaborative body which aimed at a common goal.
She said the PTA represented the ability of parents and teachers who came together in the interest of a school for the benefit of the children and society.
"A PTA is a non-governmental and non partisan association of both parents and teachers in the interest of a school," she explained.
She noted that the PTA could do better through the assistance of infrasturacture maintenance and activities of its school.
She, therefore, advised members of the association to be committed to their expected roles.
In his welcoming address, the Headmaster of the school, Mr Nobert Andy Sulemana, said the development of every basic and senior high school depended on its PTA who took plans to help the school to progress.
According to him, PTA is an indispensable ingredient of every school due to the productive roles it plays.
He called on the members of the association to work in unity to achieve the school's aim of becoming one of the best second cycle institutions in the country.
Giving a brief history about the school, its Assistant Headmaster, Mr Eric Fordjuor, said the school started operations three years ago with one student and seven staff members who formed its founder members.
He said the school inculcated the fear of God among other values of society in its students to enable them to become responsible leaders in future.
Mr Fordjuor said the school had no records of students performance in the West Africa Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) since it would be enrolling its first batch for the examinations in the next academic year.
He described the academic performance of students as encouraging and hoped for their success in the WASSCE.
Mr Fordjuor appealed to the PTA to support the school in providing permanent accommodation for academic activities.
The school currently has 140 students and 15 staff members.