The Headmaster of Anlo Secondary School (ANSEC), Mr. Wilberforce Isaac K. Azumah, has appealed to the government for various infrastructure to enable it improve upon the academic performance of its students.
Speaking at the 2nd Career Guidance and Mentorship Seminar and 1st SRC Celebration at Anlo in the Volta Region, he said, “We would like to re-echo our previous appeals to the Government for an eighteen-unit classroom block, a modern administration block, staff bungalow, the completion of the abandoned ICT Laboratory and complete renovation of the Academic and Science Blocks.”
According to Azumah, some of the school’s structures have developed cracks and the earlier something was done about them, the better it would be for the prolongation of their life span.
“These last two buildings have developed cracks and the earlier something is done by way of renovation, the better it will be for the life span of these buildings to be prolonged.”
He further appealed for a vehicle for the use of administrative staff, saying, “A pick-up vehicle for administrative use is urgently required.
Mr. Azuma extended his call for assistance to individuals and corporate bodies, especially old students of the school to support the school achieve its goals and targets.
He advised the new students that, “you can be like the great past students you see today if you also make the effort to be successful in life.
On her part, Madam Ruth Adjorlolo, a past student of the school, who is also a news editor at the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation, urged the students to learn virtues that would propel them to a greater future, “since the time to plan one future is now.”
She disclosed that working as a journalist demands a lot principles, therefore, any student desiring to become a journalist or any other professional, must be very honest and desist from taking bribes to subvert laid-down procedures.
She asked them not be misled into choosing a career based on its attraction alone, but a strong passion and commitment, which is determined by a dispassionate self-assessment, stating that, self-assessment is the beginning of a proper career guidance.
Madam Adjorlolo warned students not to take actions under the influence of peer pressure but rather make the right choices in anything they do.
Other speakers gave students an insight into the professional world, with the advice that they be circumspect in their choices.
Some students who excelled in the last WASSCE Examinations were given awards.
The School’s brass band and gospel music group kept the gathering dancing at various segments of the programme.