Seth Anim Boadi (right), Chairman of the Parents Association, handing over the medicines to Golda Esi Andam, Headmistress of Swedru Senior High School, during the ceremony

Parents support Swedru SHS with medicines

Gilbert Mawuli Agbey Nov - 06 - 2024 , 12:07 2 minutes read

The Swedru Senior High School (SWESCO) has received assorted medicines from the Parents Association to help respond to the health needs of students in the school.

The medicines, valued at GH¢21,632, comprised basic drugs to be stocked at the school’s infirmary that would be administered to both staff and students anytime they fell sick while in the school.

At a ceremony to hand over the medicines to the management of the school last Saturday, the Chairman of the association, Seth Anim Boadi, said the association was a key stakeholder in the development of the school.

He stated that they procured the medicines for the school so that health workers at the school’s infirmary could adequately provide the needed healthcare to students when the need arose.

He said, “the association’s intervention is to ensure that drugs are readily available in the school, to prevent the students from going outside to procure such medicines due to its unavailability in the school.”

Mr Boadi said the parents were mindful of the health of their children in the school and would regularly provide the needed support to the school in terms of medicines, to enhance teaching and learning.

He said, “we will continue to do this to complement the efforts of the government in providing secondary education to the students”.

He said, “parents should notshirk their responsibilities in the wake of the implementation of the free senior high school policy.”

The Headmistress of the school, Golda Esi Andam, thanked the Parents Association for the support, saying it would be of immense benefit to both the staff and the students in the school.

Further, she encouraged the association to continue to be a key stakeholder, together with the old students so they can continuously contribute their quota towards the growth and development of the school.

She urged the students to reciprocate the gesture by their parents and old students by studying hard to achieve excellent results to continue their education to the tertiary level.

Writer’s email:gilbert.agbey@graphic.com