A 15-newly board of governors for Adonten Senior High School in Akwapem South District of the Eastern Region, has been inaugurated with a call on members to make academic achievement in the school a priority.

The members have been charged to use their expertise to improve discipline, academic standards and take decisions that would serve the best interest of the school.

Ms Adraina Kandilige, Regional Director of Education, made the call when she inaugurated the board.

She noted that the members have been appointed at a time when numerous challenges such as indiscipline, downward trend of academic performance, occultism and unprofessional attitude of some young teachers face schools in the region.

“We are asking you to share your rich and varied experience, strengthen...with stakeholders, to direct Adonten Senior High School up the challenge path of development,” she said.

Ms Kandilige called on the students to be law abiding, learn hard whilst the administration should cooperate with the board to ensure the advancement of the school.

Mr Stephen Aboagye, Headmaster of the School, commended the former board of governors for their outstanding performance and urged the new board to consider as a matter of urgency the rehabilitation of the road network on campus, which is in a bad state.

They must also facilitate the fencing of the school to ensure security, make it possible for the construction of an assembly hall and additional dormitories and acquire a pick-up vehicle to run errands for the school.

Three out of the former board members who distinguished themselves were presented with gifts. The inauguration was used to cut the sod for the inauguration of a newly constructed car park for the school.

The new board comprise a representative from the Director-General of Ghana Education Service, Regional Director of Education, Regional Manager of Methodist Education Unit; Ms Janet Agyeman-Badu, District Director of Education; Ms Esther Ofeibea Donkor, Headmaster; Mr Stephen Aboagye, Nana Adwoa Amene of the local Traditional Council and Mr Agblemafie Morrison Komla of the district assembly.

The rest were Mr Eric Yeboah Apeadu also of the district assembly, Mr Kwame Ofori-Gyau, and Mr Alex Ofori Akuffo both old students, Mr Michael Opare Danso, a legal practitioner, whilst Mr David Koranteng and Mr Alexander Amoako represented the non-teaching and teaching staff and Mr Emmanuel Ameyaw Lartey, the Parent Teacher Association Adonten Senior High School started as a private senior high school at Aburi - Akuapem on 10th January 1957 by Mr Moses Agyare Kwabi and was absorbed by the Ministry of Education into the public system as a day secondary school with hostel attached on October 1 1963. Government fully took over the running of the school in 1972/73 academic year.

The school's primary mission is to maintain self-discipline and moral uprightness to improve discipline, provide a congenial environment for effective teaching and learning, and develop good infrastructure for the school.