Gomoa Jukwa, C/R, Feb. 28, GNA- Mr Joseph Agyekum Manu, a retired Educationist has called on parents to invest in their children's education to accelerate progress and hope for better future for both the child and the parents.

He said the only asserts parents could bequeath to their children is education and urged parents to use their money to educate their children instead of wasting them on litigations and other unnecessary things. Mr Manu made these assertions when he addressed the fourth speech and prize giving day of SDA Senior Secondary School at Gomoa Jukwa, near Agona Swedru in the Central Region.

He urged the parents and guardians to stop spending lavishly on unprofitable ventures to the detriment of their children's education, saying its "unfortunate that some parents buy expensive funeral cloths and drinks, but refuse to pay their wards' school fees". The day was under the theme; "holistic education - a prerequisite for nation building -the role of private schools". He appealed to teachers to exercise restraint when looking for salary increase and urged them to work harder to improve the educational sector.

Mr Manu said teachers were right to demand for better conditions of service but, while negotiations were going on, they should not embark on sit-down strike to affect their students' education. He noted that higher educational institutions are facing many problems, including insufficient accommodation, hall of residence, lecture halls but appealed to students to use little available to study hard and come out with flying colours.

Pastor Richard Ntriakwa, Director of the school said Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) church share the vision to develop young talents to take up the mantel of leadership of the nation in future. He stressed that, "To learn science through human interpretation alone is to obtain a false education, but to learn of God and Christ is to learn the science of heaven".

Mrs. Akosua Asiedu Ntriakwa, Headmistress of the school said the school, which started with 123 students four years ago, now has student population 900 made up of 478 boys and 422 girls, out of this number 614 are boarders. She appealed to the parents to pay school fees promptly and appealed to them to pay personally or through bank's draft to enable the school administration to render quality service to their children. The headmistress appealed to the government and non -governmental organizations (NGOS) to provide the school with means of transport to ensure easy movement by the school authorities and students.