The Kumasi High School has launched its 60th Anniversary celebrations, which falls in July 2024.
The theme for the launch is “60 Years of Holistic Education in a safe school environment, what next?”, with Prof. Joseph Opoku-Buabeng, Consultant and ENT Surgeon at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital and School of Medical Department of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), as the Special Guest of Honour.
The Minister of Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, an alumni of the school, in his keynote address, assured the audience of the government’s commitment to transformation through education as a way of avoiding the pangs of poverty, hence, the Free Senior High School policy, which was currently benefiting about 1.4 million students against 830,000 in 2017.
The Minister, who is also the Member of Parliament for Bosomtwe, disabused the notion that increasing admissions did not affect academic performance and achievements of students positively.
According to him, 2022 witnessed the best results in the schools, following teacher motivation and supply of teaching and learning materials.
The Education Minister disclosed that a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) laboratory centre, as part of a major agenda for transformation, would be established at the Kumasi High School next year for interested students to pursue Engineering and Computer Science Engineering to augment training of engineers in Ghana.
He commended the outgoing Headmaster, Mr. Bernard Hall-Baidoo, for improving on the 78% intake of students into the tertiary school in 2017 to 91.1% currently, which he described as a great accomplishment worthy of celebration.
Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum advised the students to always develop a growth mindset as a key to success, and discard a fixed mindset in defining their future.
Prof. Kwame Adom Frimpong, Chairman of the Public Interest Accountability Committee of Parliament, who presided over the Anniversary launch on Saturday, urged the students to strive and uphold the core values and excellence contributed by alumni in various areas of endeavour towards nation building.
He also urged the students to protect the image of the school, while the alumni reconnected to make the school strong.
Meanwhile, the Kumasi High school has proposed the construction of an ultra modern Sports Complex as a flagship project of the 60th Anniversary celebrations.
According to the chairman of the Anniversary Planning Committee, Rev. Peter Owusu Mensah, the proposed Sports Complex project would need GH¢11,200,000 to be raised through contributions by alumni of the various year groups to be completed.
