Zain rewards Odumase Presby JHS students, Thursday, October 19, 2010, spread

 Judith Rosemond Sackitey-Ninye, the best student of the school receiving her prize from the DCE for Manya Krobo, Isaac Agbo-Tetteh



TWENTY-TWO students and the teachers of the Odumase Presbyterian Junior High School last Friday received surprise packages from Zain Ghana in recognition of their sterling performance in the 2009 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).

Each of the 22 graduating students received a certificate and Zain branded stationery, while the best male and female students — Elvis Sawer and Judith Rosemond Sackitey-Ninye — each received a “chop-box” filled with provisions.

Zain Ghana rebuilt the school a year ago in response to a Daily Graphic publication of May 17, 2010 and it is now equipped with facilities such as a computer laboratory with Internet access, offices and  a library.

The school, which was built in 1883, was in a deplorable state when the company pledged its support in May 2009, after learning about the tragic death of a pupil, Bernard Nartey, and the injury of two other pupils, all attributed to the deteriorating structure of the school.

The improved infrastructure resulted in the school obtaining a 100 per cent pass rate in the BECE, compared to 43 per cent the previous year. The best student also had aggregate 12, against 18 the previous year.

For the first time since 1997, all the candidates who took part in the examination obtained good grades that qualified them for placement in senior high schools.

The Country Manager of Zain, Mr Philip Sowah, in a speech read on his behalf by the Director of Human Resource, Mrs Fali Dzobo, said the company remained committed to helping raise the falling standards of education in the country.

He said in furtherance of its commitment to its corporate social responsibility (CSR), it had contracted the services of an IT specialist to train teachers in the school.

Mr Sowah said the company would continue to dominate the CSR platform as the organisation that made the most impact in communities.

The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Manya Krobo, who deputised for the Eastern Regional Minister, Mr Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, in his remarks, expressed gratitude to Zain Ghana for its exemplary initiative and urged the school authorities to adopt a maintenance culture to keep the school for generations to come.

Nene Seth Ayertey, the Headmaster of the school, for his part, said, “We shall ensure that the 100 per cent feat is sustained and even improved upon with single grades in the subsequent batches which would have adequately benefited from the facilities.”

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