20 JHS students rewarded
The Centre for Communication and Culture (CCC), in partnership with the Junior Graphic newspaper, last Saturday organised an event in Accra to reassure young people of a future in education.
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The event was marked the awards day to honour 20 junior high school students whose essays on the topic, ‘Why I Am Proud To Be A Ghanaian’, were adjudged the best among over 1,000 entries from all over the country.
Advertised as the Innolink/Junior Graphic Essay Contest, the competition attracted entries from all the regions of the country, from both of the gender divide and from public, private schools.
The first position went to Esther Padikour Tetteh of the Great Achievers Academy, Somanya. For her prize, she received an educational scholarship worth GH¢ 1,500.00, four return tickets donated by Africa World Airlines to visit tourist attractions in the Ashanti Region, plus sponsors’ products donated by Twellium Industries and West Africa and Gulf Ghana Limited.
Prizes
The second and third prizes of GH¢₵1,000.00 and GH¢ 800.00 respectively, two return tickets to tourist attractions in Tamale and Accra, went to Abdul Fatah Donum of Dei International School, Kpando in the Volta Region, and Nana Kwadwo Asare Okraku-Yirenkyi of the Ghana Christian International High School, Dodowa.
There were 17 consolation prizes of educational scholarships, sponsors’ products and certificates. The cash prizes were donated by Innolink, Security and Confidential Printers and Taysec Construction.
The awards ceremony coincided with the finals of the Junior Graphic Spelling Bee competition.
Professor Esi Sutherland Addy, a member of the Board of Directors of the Centre for Communication and Culture, congratulated the winners and urged students to take their studies seriously.
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The Guest Speaker for the ceremony was Nana Oye Lithur, the Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, who used the occasion to announce the government’s plans for quality children’s education.
Instilling core values
The Executive Director of the Centre, Mr Enimil Ashong, said the competition was aimed at testing the knowledge of JHS students on national issues, inspiring in JHS students the ideals of Pan Africanism and inculcating writing skills among them.
He said the Centre for Communication and Culture “stands for national reorientation. Born out of faith in the ability of the African to solve our own problems based on our way of life, belief systems and values, the centre believes that appreciation of the society’s value system is critical. To be appreciated, these values, such as honesty, pride in our black heritage and appreciation of national heroes/heroines in the arts and sciences, industry and innovation, must be consciously promoted. This is where the Centre for Communication and Culture comes in.”