MARS BUSINESS SCHOOL LAUNCHES 35TH ANNIVERSARY (PAGE 11, APRIL 12, 2010)

MARS Business Secondary School has launched its 35th anniversary celebration with a call on students to lay a better foundation for their future.
The Safety Manager of Process and Plant Sales Limited, Mr Solomon Amoo, who is also an alumnus of the school, made the call and said building a better foundation in their education by studying hard was the only way the students could make it in life.
He advised the students to keep friends who would help them realise their dreams and detach themselves from those who would lead them astray.
The school, which was established in 1975, has contributed its quota to the development of the nation through raising leaders who have made it in various fields of endeavour.
The school is also known for its sports activities and has produced many sportsmen in the country including Laryea Kinston of Black Stars and Lawrence Adja Tetteh, a former captain of Accra Hearts of Oak.
Mr Amoo also called on the students to hold on to the good things their teachers were imparting to them to help prepare themselves for the challenging job market.
The Founder and Proprietor of the school, Rev. Fr. John J.M. Martey, told the Daily Graphic that the vision of the school was to achieve educational excellence through quality education.
He said between 1985 and 1995, there was no house in Mataheko, Russia and Sukura from which one could not find a student attending Mars Secondary School, adding that the school, without financial support from any organisation, had provided quality education to the communities.
Rev. Martey said the school had provided educational re-awakening and consciousness of second cycle education in the locality.
He said the school offered courses in business finance, secretarial and general arts, as well as courses for professional students at Chartered Institute of Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA), which prepares students for the labour market.
Speaking on the theme for the anniversary,” the role of Mars Business School as education provider in nation building,” Mr Eric Agyeman-Badu, Internal Auditor at the Institute of Professional Studies, said the school had grown over the years to provide quality education to its students.
He noted that despite the school's infrastructural challenges, it had managed to raise leaders and establish other campuses and also provide educational services to the children of Russia and the surrounding communities.