Vilac Int inaugurates school complex

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20-08-08

A TWO-STOREY building complex for the Vilac International School has been inaugurated at Achimota in Accra.
The school building comprises 46 classrooms, offices, science and computer laboratories, a modern library and a sick bay, among other facilities, aimed at enhancing teaching and learning.
In an address read on his behalf, the Minister of Education, Science and Sports, Prof. Dominic Fobih, said the government recognised the contribution of private participation in education.
“Private participation in the provision of education is not a new phenomenon but it has increased tremendously in recent times. This is an indication of the confidence the public has in private schools and the fact that you strive for excellence,” he said.
He assured the school management of the government’s preparedness to partner it to enable it to achieve its objectives.
Prof. Fobih said the education reform was well structured to provide a strong foundation for the fundamental transformation of the education system through which children acquire basic literacy, numeracy, problem-solving skills as well as creativity and healthy living.
“The education reform promotes the interconnectivity of the different levels of education ensuring that children have a strong foundation and are adequately prepared for further academic work and acquisition of technical/vocational skills,” he emphasised.
The Executive Director of the school, Mrs Victoria Mensah, in a speech read on her behalf, said the mission of the school was to provide every child with excellent and wholesome education through highly experienced teaching and non-teaching staff, a variety of co-curricular activities, as well as a comfortable, safe and stimulating learning environment.
“Vilac International School will be a world class centre of academic and moral excellence moulding complete personalities for nation-building and service to humanity,” she stated, adding that “this facility is intended to provide the best, not only academically but also morally, emotionally and physically”.
She said in order to sustain the high quality gained from nursery to junior high school (JHS), the authorities had acquired a piece of land to build a senior high school (SHS), which will be ready for the first batch of JHS graduates.
Mrs Mensah stressed the need for the education of the child to be a partnership between school and home.
The Omanhene of the Nsien Traditional Area, Awulae Agyemfi Kwame II, called for the educational system to ensure the total development of children so that they would be well equipped for the task ahead.
The Director of the Basic Education Unit of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Mr Stephen Adu, who chaired the function, underscored the need for parents to support school authorities in the provision of quality education.