AGOSA 84/85 hands over renovated Chemistry lab to Accra Girls SHS
The 1984/85 Year Group of the Accra Girls Old Students Association (AGOSA) has handed over a refurbished chemistry laboratory and a repainted block to the school.
The project included the connection of water to the chemistry lab to serve the entire science block, installation of a fume chamber, gas supply system for the lab to replace the use of cooking gas cylinders, tiling of the laboratory floor, rewiring of the lab, installation of ceiling fans and fixing lab benches with marble bench tops.
The old students also provided storage cabinets and shelves, as well as repainting the science block.
The renovation works were to ensure that the lab no longer required portable cooking gas cylinders, which were formerly used by students in the lab to conduct experiments.
The new system is expected to enhance the performance of the students in the sciences.
The handing over ceremony was attended by the Deputy Minister of Education, Dr Clement Abas Apaak, the Regional Director of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Hajia Katumi Natogmah Attah, members of the AGOSA 84/85 year group, staff of the school and students from the science department.
Appreciation
Speaking at the handing over ceremony, Dr Apaak commended the AGOSA 84/85 alumni group for refurbishing the Accra Girls SHS’s chemistry lab, praising their efforts in advancing STEM education, which was a government priority.
He urged other alumni to emulate their example, stating, “The government alone cannot do it, so we call on other alumni associations to emulate this shining example.”
For her part, Hajia Katumi also expressed her gratitude for the refurbished lab and received it on behalf of the GES, while assuring its maintenance.
She urged students to “work hard and return to support the school,” while motivating teachers to improve outcomes.
Challenges
The Head of Science Programmes at the school, John Victor Klevor, enumerated a number of challenges facing the department, adding that the sinks in the labs were non-functional, compelling the students to manually transport water in buckets.
He also thanked the AGOSA 84/85 alumni for the renovation and mentioned that the new lab would motivate both staff and students to do better, promising better WASSCE results.
The President of the AGOSA Elite Group 84/85, Linda Adjoa Holdbrook-Amissah officially handed over the lab to the school, mentioning the significant investment made to upgrade the facility and therefore, asked for strict maintenance culture.
