Take ICT Studies Seriously, Veep advices students (page 11, Dec 9)

THE Vice-President, Mr John Dramani Mahama, has advised students to take their studies in Information Communication Technology (ICT) seriously.
He said it was important for the students to take advantage of their computer studies, since the world had changed into a global village.
The Vice-President was speaking at the 43rd annual speech and prize-giving day of the Labone Senior High School in Accra to climax its 60th anniversary celebrations.
The occasion was on the theme, “60 Years of Quality Secondary Education- the Contribution of Labone Senior High School to the Development of Ghana’s Human Resource and Beyond”.
A multi-purpose sports facility, comprising basket ball and volley ball pitches funded by the Consul General for the Swedish Embassy, Mr In Armakai Armateifio was also inaugurated by the Vice-President to mark the occasion.
Mr Mahama said ICT was a useful subject to enhance their opportunities in life and create avenues for them to contribute to national development.
The Vice-President said the school had provided quality education over the years, despite the major challenges it had faced over the years, and pledged the Government’s support to improve the school’s infrastructure.
He asked the Minister of Education, Mr Alex Tettey-Enyo, to ensure that the school’s facilities were expanded to accommodate more students and to restate its boarding status.
He called on the Parent-Teachers Association (PTA) and Old Students Association of the school, as well as all corporate bodies, to contribute to the expansion of the facilities of the school.
The Headmistress of the school, Mrs Joyce Ossei Agyekum, said despite the challenges the school was facing, it had grown over the years to become one of the country’s best secondary schools.
She said it was, therefore, necessary for the school to produce the right-minded students to take up the challenge of contributing to the growth and development of the country.
Mrs Agyekum appealed to the Ministry of Education to help in the extension of facilities of the school to accommodate students who had been travelling long distances to and from the school.