The President of Ebenezer Old Students Association, Lloyd Evans on Friday, 4th September, 2020 urged Old Students of Senior High Schools not to abandon their alma mater.
The president, during the Send-off ceremony held in honor of the former Headmaster, Richard Kofi Mensah said, “in one way or the other, the school have contributed significantly to what and where we are today. Hence, it is a call of duty to all Old Students to come together to make their school better than they enjoyed”.
The ceremony was in recognition of the contribution of the former Headmaster to the development of the school.
Former Headmaster of the school, Richard Kofi Mensah also urged heads of second-cycle institutions to take advantage of Old Student Associations to assist in development to facilitate quality education.
He said, “Old Student Associations are endowed with huge resources, both human and financial, that makes them perfect partners in the development in schools”.
Mr Mensah, therefore, entreated the heads of institutions not to shun such associations but to engage and involve them in management processes of their respective schools.
The former Headmaster said at a time when resources from the government were inadequate, leveraging the Old Student Associations would help to undertake many development projects.
He said during his tenure as headmaster, the Ebenezer Senior High witnessed infrastructure and academic improvement.
The infrastructure projects include the construction of an e-library by MTN, construction of an event complex and the reconstruction of the school’s main entrance.
This, he said, was made possible with the unrelenting assistance from the Old Students Association.
“One thing about old students is that if you open your doors to them, they will assist the school but if you ignore them they won’t care because after all, they have their money,” he added.
Ms Anatasia Afua Konadu, the new Headmistress of the school, commended her predecessor for his sterling leadership that had brought discipline among students and development to the school.
She, however, expressed worry about the failure of successive governments after Former President John Agyekum Kufuor to complete a boarding facility began during his era.
A situation, she said, was hampering the school’s desire to expand and to improve on academic performance.
She, therefore, appealed to authorities and benevolent individuals and organisations to come to the aid of the school to ensure the completion of the facility.
Lloyd Evans, the President of the school’s Old Students Association, praised the former headmaster for making the Association a partner in the school’s development.
While urging old students to contribute towards strengthening the Association, he assured the school’s management of continued support to foster development and improve on academic performance of students.
Mr Mensah was the head of the school from November 2017 and retired in May 2020.
He was given a 54-inch smart television, an unspecified amount of cash and a plaque.
Source: Prosper Agbesi Amlade
