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Cherryfield Montessori, Veron Preparatory School holds graduation ceremony
Cherryfield Montessori School held its 6th Graduation ceremony last weekend at the school’s premises located at ACP-Pokuase in the Ga-East Municipality in Accra.
The theme of the occasion was “Blended Learning: A Catalyst for Quality Education In the 21st Century.”
Cadet at parade
The Proprietress and CEO of the school, Ms. Magdalene Dzifa Adzanu, urged the pupils to fuse their “creative skills with hard work as they grow up”
“The combination of creativity and innovation is essential and brings about progress…for examples, like a football team, eleven creative players cannot play if there is no hard work put into the team,” she said.
Mr Pius Hadzide, the CEO of the National Youth Authority (NYA) in his address charged educational institutions to train students with the required skills needed on the job market in order that they would not be rendered unemployed after school.
Veron Preparatory
Similarly, Veron Preparatory School, at Mataheko in Accra held its 25th graduation ceremony with a call on parents to maintain and instill social values in their children to promote social harmony.
Furthermore, parents have been urged to devote quality time to their children in view of their busy schedules at workplace and market.
It was held under the theme: “Nurturing Future Leaders with Care and Discipline”.
In a key note address, the Guest Speaker, Madam Emelia Anane-Frimpong, a School Improvement Support Officer (SISO) who made the call, said those binding social values such as offering one’s seat for the elderly, taking off one’s hat to the elderly among others must be restored for the good of society.
She advised parents to constantly instill moral discipline in their children to ensure good upbringing, adding that without discipline one could suffer ill-fated consequences regardless of the person’s social standing.
Madam Anane- Frimpong further urged parents not to neglect the core functions of parenthood but strive to be there for their children at all times.
She advised parents to try hard and meet the educational needs of their children as government alone could not shoulder the responsibility adding that early morning breakfast should also be given to them before leaving for school.
The Headmaster of the school, Mr. Evans Osei Agyemang said nurturing the children who were the future leaders with care and discipline was the core focus of the school.
He said the school would from next term introduce Arabic language at the basic level which would give the children a firm foundation to build their academic aspirations, stressing that Arabic language was gaining global significance for business communication.
In a closing remark, the Assembly Member of Gbortsui Electoral Area, Mr Emmanuel Quaye asked parents never to relent in caring for their children.
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We will jealously protect our new majority status- Ato Forson
Member of Parliament for Ajumako Enyan Esiam Constituency and leader of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Parliament, Dr.Cassiel Ato Forson has declared that they will protect their new majority status.
He made these remarks on Sunday when addressing a press conference on the seeming tension in Parliament.
According to him the NDC will do everything to protect their new status as majority. “We will jealously protect our new majority status and will not bow, retreat or surrender our lawfully earned status.”
By Ede Mensah-Tsotorme
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We will obey Bagbin’s decision, not Supreme Court – Ayariga
The Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga, has indicated the National Democratic Congress MPs will go by the instructions of the Speaker.
According to him, the NDC will assume the Majority position in Parliament when the House reconvenes tomorrow, Tuesday, October 22.
Speaking to Bernard Avle, on Citi Breakfast Show, Mahama Ayariga stated that MPs are bound to act on the Speaker’s rulings, not on the Supreme Court’s stay of execution of Bagbin’s decision, which declared four parliamentary seats vacant.
The MP further argued that the NDC caucus will proceed with Bagbin’s original ruling until instructed otherwise.
“We will act according to Bagbin’s communique and until he communicates otherwise, we will go by his current decision and so if he comes and communicates to us what the court has ruled, we will act because we listen to the Speaker and not to the court,” he said.
According to him,“We are ignoring the Supreme Court because it is not supposed to interfere in our work and the constitution is clear on that so it is surprising that the Supreme Court which is the apex of the law will go ahead and rule when it should have stayed off.”
It would be recalled that the Speaker Alban Bagbin made a declaration on Thursday, October 17, that four parliamentary seats.
However, the Supreme Court on Friday October 18, issued a stay of execution against the Speaker’s decision.
