Past students of Ekpoku-Tandan-Akyekyere donate furniture to Tandan-Ekpoku Roman Catholic school

Some concerned past students and natives of Ekpoku-Tandan-Akyekyere community, have presented forty (40) dual desks to the Tandan-Ekpoku Roman Catholic in the Ellembelle District of the Western Region.

The kind gesture is to reduce the furniture deficit facing the school.

The presentation was done by the Assembly Member with the support of the chiefs of the community on behalf of the donors over the weekend.

Making the presentation, the Assembly Member of the area, Charles Kwesi commended the past students of the community for contributing money to provide the school with the furniture.

"Let me thank our brothers and sisters who are from this community and attended school here and are now working outside this community for contributing GH3,250 to provide furniture to the school. My attention was drawn to the situation in this school by the SMC and I quickly informed our brothers and sisters and they promised to help and today we have gathered here to present the dual desks to the school, I'm very excited, God bless them", he said.

He urged the school authorities to make good use of the furniture to last longer.

The Assembly Member took the opportunity to present GHC400 to the B.E.C.E candidates in the school.

He advised them against bad friends "don't go and take bad friends, be careful with your lives over there, go and focus on your exams, learn well and make us proud as your seniors did, we want 100 percent from you".

He also commended the teaching staff, "My appreciation goes to all teachers, parents and guardians for the immense support provided to prepare our candidates for this exam".

Receiving the furniture, the headmaster of the Ekpoku-Tandan Roman Catholic Basic School, Benjamin Quansah commended the chiefs and the good people of the area for supporting the school furniture and money.

He promised to put the furniture into good use and also promised that the BECE candidates would come out with flying colors.

"In fact, I'm excited today because furniture has been our major headache, students have been sitting in twos so now that we have these dual desks, our problem will be solved. Last year, we had 100 percent in the BECE and we are promising the community that we will repeat our record this year so they should keep on praying for our candidates", he said.

He called on others to come to aid of the school with other educational support.

According to the headmaster of the school, thirty-four (34) candidates from the school are taking part in this year's final exam.

Sixteen (16) are girls and eighteen (18) are boys.

Speaking to the media after the short colorful presentation and orientation for BECE candidates in the area, the Chief of Ekpoku, Nana Kwasi Quam II, advised the candidates to eschew any form of examination malpractice.

According to him, examination malpractice is a sin and could lead one to imprisonment and other punishment.

He called on the candidates to abide by the instructions which would be provided to them by the West African Examination Council (W.A.E.C).

Nana Kwasi Quam II encouraged the candidates not to fear before and during the examination.

"In fact, one thing I will stress before you go, don't go there to involve yourself in any form of examination malpractice, it is not good to cheat during examination, if you do it and they see you, you will be punished severely and you will disgrace the Tandan community so I will advise you to stay from it", he emphasized.

He called on them to take their studies so so serious and come out with flying colors.

"I will also beseech you to take your studies seriously and take instructions from your teachers you are going with, go and make us proud as your seniors did in 2022", he said.

The Chief seized the opportunity to pledge his total commitment to award the best three candidates.

"I will give scholarship package to the first, second and third candidate who will perform better in this year's exam, I will support them to attend their secondary school and they have to take this exam so so serious. We want great personalities in this community so we will do everything possible to support them", he stated.

He, therefore, on behalf of other chiefs, took the opportunity to present GHC500 to the candidates.

He also took the opportunity to commend the concerned past students of the community for supporting the school with the furniture.

He said the furniture would go a long way to help the school and appealed to others to come to the aid of the school.