Kabore School tops Junior Graphic spelling competition

The Kabore School Complex in Ho in the Volta Region, retained the National Junior Graphic Fan Club Spelling competition trophy at this year’s grand finale held in Accra last Friday.

The school scored 68 points to win the ultimate prize, which includes a desktop computer, Samsung tablet, educational materials and a knapsack bag,

The Wesley International School from Koforidua in the Eastern Region scored 67 points, while the T.I. Ahmadiyya Basic ‘B’ Junior High School in Kumasi, in the Ashanti Region, placed third.

The SOS Hermann Gmeiner School in Tema and the Perpetual Help School at New Achimota in Accra scored 44 and 40 points, respectively, to place fourth and fifth.

Advice

Speaking at the event, the Director of Newspapers of the Graphic Communications Group Limited (GCGL), Mr Yaw Boadu-Ayeboafoh, advised the award winners to use their prizes to enhance their academic work.

He advised the participating schools to work harder in order to improve on their performance next year.

Junior Graphic’s objective

In his address, the acting Editor of the Junior Graphic, Mr Vance Azu, said the Junior Graphic was designed to inculcate the habit of reading and writing in pupils and students.

He said the paper had also provided a platform for its readers to showcase their writing skills through the publication of their stories and articles.

“It is the only paper that provides additional knowledge to schoolchildren besides what they are taught in the classroom”, he pointed out.

Mr Azu said the spelling competition was also a demonstration of the paper’s commitment to promoting quality education.

The competition, which began with 65 schools, had 13 qualifying for the grand finale.

The event was organised by the GCGL and sponsored by SIC Insurance, Sage Judacan Books and the Mayan Book Centre Limited.