Galaxy School holds 5th graduation

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June 30, 2008

GALAXY International School has held its fifth graduation with a call on private education providers to step up their complimentary role in the provision of education.
The Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Mr Samuel Bannerman-Mensah, who made the call, said the service acknowledged the contribution of the private sector in education delivery, hence the need to do more.
At the ceremony, certificates were presented to pre-school as well as junior and senior high school graduates.
The school also presented gifts to teachers for their role in producing quality students.
Mr Bannerman-Mensah commended the school for placing a high premium on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and thus equipping students with the requisite skills.
He said students of the school should count themselves lucky since there were many children who did not have such opportunity, and, therefore, urged them to develop themselves adequately for the task ahead.
He asked them to show respect to authority as well as obey rules and regulations, adding that "character should be of a high standard".
Mr Bannerman-Mensah charged the students to have ambition to succeed in life.
The General Manager of the school, Mr Tamer Kirca, said the school which was established in 2001, could now boast students of 41 nationalities pursuing local and foreign courses, thereby reflecting its true international status.
"Ours is a multi-cultural school where students with diverse cultural backgrounds come to understand the diversity of cultures and work in harmony,” he said.
He announced that six students won Gold, Silver and Bronze medals at various international competitions the school participated in. The competitions included Energy and Engineering competition in the United States, ICT competition in Turkey, ICT competition in Georgia and a Physics competition in Bosnia.
Mr Kirca said the successes chalked up were only a tip of the iceberg, and that plans were afoot to increase the number of entries for more of such competitions.
The school, he said, scored 100 per cent in both the 2007 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) and the West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).
The National Coordinator of the Ghana School Feeding Programme, Mr Michael Nsowah, who chaired the function, said Galaxy had become the leader in science and mathematics education.
He commended the management for instilling a high level of discipline in the students.