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Achimota School Class of 2002 announces Teachers’ Appreciation Day
The 2002 Year Group of the Old Achimotans Association (OAA) is gearing up for yet another spectacular Teachers’ Appreciation Day in honour of the teachers at the school.
Every year, the year group marking its 20th anniversary of leaving the school is given the baton to host the event to appreciate the kind and hard-working individuals who created an everlasting impact on their lives while in Achimota School.
The 2022 Teachers’ Day Appreciation (TAD) is scheduled for December 2 on the Achimota School campus and will feature many exciting activities including a thanksgiving service at the Aggrey Chapel and a dinner and awards event to climax the day’s celebration.
Teachers’ Appreciation Day is about interaction with teachers who taught the organising year while they were students. With most of them having retired, it is a good time of going down memory lane with their teachers, the teachers themselves reconnecting, and also the year group supporting their teachers in cash and in kind.
Commenting on the upcoming event, the President of the year group, Oheneba Boachie said, “The 2002 year group is excited to be given the chance to appreciate our teachers. Great teachers deserve to be recognised for their hard work and dedication, every day should be teachers’ appreciation day.”
“We remember all that our teachers did for us. They did not just teach us but impacted our lives positively and come December 2, we look forward to making them feel very special,” he added.
In rallying support from Akoras, Senanu Gbormittah said, “Borrowing from the words in our school song, we remember with affection all we gained. We use this opportunity to encourage every member of the OAA 2002 Year Group to get involved and participate actively in the Teachers’ Appreciation Day event.”
The organising committee applauds all old students for their contributions and commitment towards the event.
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Gender and Education Ministry hold joint press conference on launch of Free Sanitary Pads for girls
A joint press conference was held today, Wednesday, April 23, 2025, at the conference room of the Ministry of Education by the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MoGCSP) and the Ministry of Education (MoE), ahead of the official launch of the Free Sanitary Pad Initiative scheduled for Thursday, April 25, 2025, at the Salvation Army Cluster of Schools in Accra.
The press conference aimed to brief media organizations and the general public about President John Dramani Mahama’s commitment to ensuring access to free sanitary pads for adolescent girls in schools across the country.
In her brief remarks, the Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Dr. Agnes Naa Momo Lartey, stated that the initiative seeks to promote menstrual health and hygiene among adolescent girls.
She emphasized that this intervention is expected to significantly reduce absenteeism, improve retention, and enhance academic performance.
The Minister further noted that approximately two million girls in both Junior and Senior High Schools are expected to benefit from the initiative.
She therefore called on the media to support in widely disseminating information about the launch and the broader benefits of the Initiative.
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Government, GoldFields,reach agreement on Damang Mine
The Government of Ghana and Goldfields Ghana Limited have reached an amicable agreement on a transitional plan for the Damang Mine.
The operational modalities of the transition involve issuing a new 12-month mining lease to Goldfields’ subsidiary, Abosso Goldfields Limited, pending parliamentary ratification in
May 2025.
Under the new arrangement, Goldfields will resume open-pit mining during the transition period, safeguarding jobs and conducting feasibility studies to establish Damang’s reserves and mine life.
At the same time, the processing of existing stockpiles will continue under the supervision of a joint management team composed of representatives from the Government of Ghana
and Goldfields. The two parties will work in good faith to secure a successful transition and eventual transfer of a viable mine to Ghanaian ownership.
Both parties have agreed to advance discussions in good faith on the renewal of the lease for the Tarkwa mine, due in 2027, and pledged to work together to enhance Ghana’s
potential in the mining sector as a favourable investment destination,
