Divine Grace School Dedicated (23/04/09)

Story & picture: Jennifer Dornoo
§The Divine Grace School at the Ghana Industrial and Commercial Estate Limited (GICEL) Estate at Weija in Accra was dedicated last Monday with a call on teachers to groom their pupils to become great personalities in the future.
Most Rev. Gabriel Charles Palmer-Buckle Accra Metropolitan Archbishop of the Catholic Church, who performed the ceremony, noted that as leaders of the future it was important for teachers to complement the efforts of parents and the society by helping to identify the potentials of children to make them useful adults in the future.
He advised the pupils of the school to be obedient to their parents and teachers so that they can grow in stature, noting that an obedient child would grow in wisdom and have the fear of God in him.
The archbishop noted that like Jesus, children were expected to love their neighbours and do good so that they would become useful citizens in future.
The proprietor of the school, Mr Charles Kwodwo Ashun, said the school which was established in September, 2003 was to suppliment efforts of government to provide education to meet the needs and aspirations of parents who had settled in New Weija.
He noted that the school which started with 14 children now had 466 students with 30 teaching and non-teaching staff.
“It is a fully-fledged private basic school, which has as its motto ‘Knowledge, Humility and Loyalty’ with its first batch of Junior High School (JHS) students currently writing their Basic Education Certificate Examination”, he said.
Mr Ashun said the school would hold its first graduation and official inauguration on Saturday, April 25, 2009.


CAPTION: Most Rev. Palmer-Buckle (left), being assisted by the Headmistress of the School, Mrs Mary Ashun (second left) Mr Ashun and the Parish Priest of SS Peter and Paul Parish, Fr John Straathof (right) to unveil the plaque after the dedication.