KATECO LAUNCHES 60TH ANNIVERSARY

     

By Joyceline Natally Cudjoe

REV. AMOO SPEAKING AT THE 60TH LAUNCH

Kaneshie Senior High Technical School (KATECO) launched its 60^th anniversary on Wednesday with a call on Ministry of Education and Ghana Education Service (GES) to help improve the school facilities to enhance learning.

The Headmistress of the School, Miss Pearl Bruce, speaking at the launch appealed to the two institutions to construct Information Communication Technology (ICT) laboratory, Science laboratory, library, bus and bungalow to improve the learning and the living conditions of teachers and students.

The Anniversary was on the theme “6o years of Technical/Vocational Education: The role of stakeholders.”

She said education was paramount and it set the motion of development therefore various hands had to come on deck to make KATECO a great school with quality academic environment.

Miss Pearl Bruce said the school had come far and it should get access to all the necessary learning facilities and amenities to ensure student achieve the desired results.

“We need an ICT lab that could contain all students to prevent congestion in the classroom where the students have their practicals,” she said.

She noted that although the school was currently facing some challenges, they would strive hard to make use of what was available to them to nurture students to become professionals.

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“We will still make use of what is available to us to train students to become doctors, engineers, teachers among others,” she stressed.

Rev Dr. Amoo Darku, the Guest Speaker in his remarks urged the school to continue to work hard to develop the needed human resource for the country.

He urged various stakeholders and former students of the school to support in improving the school's infrastructure to meet the desired project.

“The project for the school is to construct high rise building to contain lot of staffs and students therefore all the former students should support this project,” he said.

Alexander Kojo Nyarko, ICT Cordinator Technical/Vocational Education who read the speech on behalf of the Director General of GES Professor Kwesi Amankwah, promised to support the school because Technical and Vocational education has the potential of improving the socio-economic sector of the country.

He further stated that the country stands a chance of benefiting when proper attention is given to Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET).

KATECO STUDENTS

He said his outfit would do their best to ensure that students of the school are well equipped with necessary materials in order for them to gain the requisite skills and competencies to meet the job market.