Five honoured by ATRACO old students

20-10-08

SOME old students of the Accra Teacher Training College (ATRACO) have honoured two former principals and three teachers of the college.
They are Mr Ferdinand Gberbie, former Principal (1978-1988); Mr Wallace Abubakar, immediate past Principal (2001-2007); Mr Daniel Ofotsu Apronti, former Head of Mathematics Department; Mr Thomas Acquinas Ntumy, former Head of English Department and Mr Joe-Adjei Cobblah, former Head of Science Department.
They were each presented with a certificate.
Each of the recipients was given the opportunity to share some experiences, as well as some challenges and encounters they had with their old students.
The Principal of ATRACO, Ms Christine Henaku, used the occasion to thank the organisers and also called on the government to assist the school to put up an assembly hall.
For his part, Mr John Kwame Quayson, an old student, who organised the programme with the assistance of Mr Charles Adjetey, said the event was a historic one since Messrs Gberbie, Apronti and Joe-Adjei were among the few who moved the school from the old site at Kokomlemle to its present location in 1985.
He said teachers played a key role in the development of a country's economy, through quality education, and must be rewarded when the chalk and pens were officially placed on the table upon retirement.
Other past students, including Dr Okpoti, Head of Mathematics Department of the University of Education, Winneba and Mr De Youngsters, Proprietor of De Youngsters School, were also given the floor to recount some experiences to the admiration of the current student body.