Mrs.Bernice Addai has called on pupils to be morally sound for them to gain good leadership positions in future.

By JOYCELINE NATALLY CUDJOE

One of the graduands receiving a certificate at the graduation

The La Dade-Kotopon Municipal Director of Education, Mrs. Bernice Aduo Addae has emphasised on the need of pupils to become morally sound in the pursuit of academic excellence.

According to her, this will help them to acquire better leadership positions in future.

She said the nation is entrusted in the hands of vigilant people with good moral values who could provide relevant solution to problems battling the country’s economy.

“I believe we all would like to see our deer nation in the hands of people who have excelled academically and are also morally good,” she said.

Mrs. Aduo Addae said this at the fifth graduation and awards day celebration of Osagyefo Leadership International School [OLIS] in Accra at the weekend, held under the theme “Raising exemplary leaders through quality basic education.”

She stressed that in order for the nation not to raise leaders who are morally bankrupt the civil society, parent, teachers and all other educational stakeholders have a key role to play in the upbringing of children.

Mrs. Addae noted that it was vital to instill moral discipline in children and also help them to unearth their talents, creativeness and problem solving skills adding that “headmasters and supervisors should be able to step up their monitoring job in ensuring teachers discharge their duties effectively and responsibly.”

Mr. Seth Korgah, the principal of the school, urged parents to ensure their wards gain requisite knowledge relevant to help accelerate the development of the nation as education was the best legacy that one could bequeath to children.

“As parents you should focus on preparing your wards for the future by equipping them with life-long skills and education that will guide them to become good leaders,” he urged.

He advised pupils to use the internet wisely to improve their knowledge and research ability for innovating solutions to address developmental challenges and academic problems.

In all, 97 pupils, made up of 29 kindergarten pupils, 52 primary six pupils and 16 junior high school pupils graduated to the primary, junior high school and senior high school levels respectively.

The staffs and pupils were awarded to motivate them to pull out their best as far as quality teaching and learning was concerned to inspire the un-awarded staffs and pupils to work harder for relevant reward.

The proprietor of the school, Alhaji Yusif Ibrahim commended the staff of the school in raising critical and reflective thinkers that the nation could boast of as leaders.

In laying a strong foundation for children’s future education, he pledged the school’s outfit support to adequately equip the pupils to gain growth, development and achievement in their basic education at OLIS.

Alhaji Ibrahim lauded the management for driving the developmental agenda forward over the 10 years the school came into existence by providing quality education in the country and entreated the graduands to use their knowledge and skills to support nation building.