Mrs Anastasia Bediako-Amoa (second left), the Headmistress of the school and Mr Akwasi Amoako (left), a member of the PTA receiving the musical instruments from the old students.

Opoku Ware JHS marks AU Day in style

Eugenia Adjei Mensah Junior News Jun - 14 - 2023 , 12:15 1 minute read

On May 25, the Opoku Ware M/A Junior High School at Santasi, Kumasi in the Ashanti Region celebrated African Union Day to share in the joy of the unity among African states.

Students displayed the flags of various African states as the headmistress, Mrs Anastasia Bediako-Amoa, gave her remarks.

During the ceremony, old students of the school (OBOSA), presented the school with some musical instruments and financial support to some brilliant needy students to aid them in their educational journey.

The parents of the beneficiary students expressed their joy for the assistance. The programme ended on a high note with a quiz competition among sections of the school with Dr Kwame Nkrumah’s section emerging winners.

Staff members of the school.

In a related development, the school won a debate competition organised for public schools of the Santasi Circuit of the Kumasi Metro Education Unit.

The final contest was between the Opoku Ware M/A JHS and the Fankyenebra M/A JHS. t was on the motion: Corporal punishment should be reintroduced in the pre-tertiary schools in Ghana.