Rawlings: Ghana can turn around
- Starrfmonline
- May 31, 2015
- 2 min read
Ghana’s former President, Flt Lt Jerry John Rawlings, has commended authorities at the Achimota School and others such as Wesley Girls for the special effort they have made not only to maintain academic excellence but also to preserve and develop their physical structures and natural habitat.
He noted that the standards some of these schools have upheld gives hope that we can turn Ghana’s current decline around.
The ex-President said he recently visited Achimota School when he was feeling dispirited about the situation in the country and was very impressed with the greenery, the gardens and good structures that gave him hope.
“I couldn’t believe what I saw. I was amazed at the structures, the greenery, the gardens surrounding the structures, the houses. It was like Achimota had risen out of the ashes. The place gave me so much spiritual satisfaction that it just sparked some hope in me and I thought that if Achimota could do it then Ghana can do it,” Flt Larrt Rawlings said.
The former President who was speaking during a recent meeting with the 1995 Year Group of the Wesley Girls High School in Cape Coast, called on old students of such institutions to help pay back what they took from their schools in terms of academic and moral excellence.
“What we need to preserve money cannot buy – that sense of patriotism, sense of fairness, self-respect and sense of dignity. We should pay back in order to maintain the standards for the benefit of the country.”
The delegation which was led by its President Asibi Ofori, patron, actress Anima Misa and included Dr. Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings told President Rawlings their whole destiny had been influenced by him because of the senior secondary school system.
“Twenty years down the line we have come to pay our respects and pick your mind on a couple of things,” Madam Ofori said.
The former President described Wesley Girls as known not only for its academic excellence but also for its sense of discipline. He said it was important that such schools are insulated from being corrupted by current trends such as the protocol allocation that seems to override students of merit.
Source: Starrfmonline.com
