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St. Thomas Aquinas has
emerged winner of the 2017 pilot Ghana Senior High Schools (SHS) moot court
competition.
Garnering 73.5 per cent, it beat closest
contender Presbyterian Boys (PRESEC) with three points for the coveted trophy.
They were awarded the
Kanshelli Iddrisu Trophy, the ultimate prize, for their outstanding performance
with the first runner-up, PRESEC awarded the Samuel Manteaw prize.
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The two-day event was held in Accra.
The two schools made
their way through a court sitting as applicants and respondents to the finals
following preliminary rounds among eight schools on Thursday.
The programme dubbed; “Promoting
Human Rights Education in Senior High Schools,” was intended to engage mooting
skills of SHS students throughout the country over a topical Constitutional law
issue that affects their fundamental human rights on campuses
This was an initiative
of University of Ghana (UG) School of law in collaboration with the Centre for
Human Rights, University of Pretoria and South Africa to
nurture students and make them conversant with the law.
Speaking at the closing
ceremony, the Supreme Court judge Justice Julius Ansah who read a speech on
behalf of the Chief Justice, Ms.
Sophia Akuffo lauded the organizers for such initiative.
She said the initiative would help students to realise the
opportunity to develop their advocacy and deepen their knowledge on the
application of human right laws on campus adding that the competition was a
learning curve for Ghana Education Service (GES) and teachers in promoting the
socio-cultural and human right of students on campuses.
Ms. Justice Sophia
Akuffo stressed the need for the youth to defend their right and the
constitution, saying “the moot court competition was an eye opener for the
students to acknowledge the law and act upon it.”
She urged the
organizers to continue the program as it nurtures students and makes them
realize their future career at their early stage.
Mr. Richard Quayson,
the Deputy Commissioner for Commission of Human Right and Administrative
Justice (CHRAJ) in his remarks appealed to the youth to abstain from any form
of social vices that could put the nation into detriment.
“Children in our
society today are induced by Corruption, indiscipline, lawlessness, impunity
and arm robbery to the extent that pupils even cheat in examination due to the
little knowledge they have in the law,” he said.
He indicated that education
was the best platform to inculcate good habits in students hence the need for
students to uphold integrity, uprightness and build their confidence level to
withstand any situation they might find themselves.
Dr, Kwadwo
Appiagyei-Atua, Senior Lecturer of the faculty of Law UG, congratulated the
students and the schools for participating in the competition urging them to
put what they have learnt into practice.
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| DR. APPIAGYEI-ATUA FIRST FROM LEFT |
He said the students
were the future leaders and therefore when given the mantle of leadership they
had to put the nation at heart and apply the law judiciously in order not to
sabotage others.
Other schools that
participated in the challenge were St. Mary’s SHS, Achimota SHS, West African Secondary
School, Accra Academy, Accra High and Odorgonno SHS.
Prizes, novels, medals
and certificates were awarded to the participating schools, coaches and
students who put up excellent performances.
Tsigbey Isaac Quarshie from St. Thomas Aquinas
was awarded the Kissi Agyebeng prize for the best oralist with his school
claiming the Albert Frimpong prize for the best memorial.
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| TSIGBEY ISAAC BEST ORALIST FIRST FROM LEFT |
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