The Dormaahene, Osagyefo Oseadeeyo Agyemang Badu II, is urging the Ghana Education Service (GES) and the Ministry of Education to lift the ban on the payment of Parent Teacher Association (PTA) dues.
The Dormaahene was addressing the homecoming and the 75th anniversary launch of the Dormaa Senior High School in the Bono Region.
“The free SHS been has been implemented and we commend the government for implementing the policy. But there is infrastructure development deficit in the schools. It is because the PTA is not functional due to the ban on the payment of PTA dues by the government. I’m pleading with the government to lift the ban on the payment of PTA dues to bridge the infrastructural deficit in the senior high schools”, he said.
The Dormaa Senior High School in the Dormaa Central Municipality of the Bono Region was established on February 24,1947 by SK Oppong and JM Yeboah under the name Dormaa State College with just a student.
Now the student population is 4,500 with staff strength of 152 graduate teachers and 48 Non-teaching staff.
It was attended by old and current students, staff, chiefs and government officials.
Addressing the occasion, the Dormaahene urged the students to take advantage of the Free SHS policy and take their studies serious.
The headmaster of Dormaa SHS, Nicholas Mensah, said staff accommodation, inadequate dormitory space and lack of computers were some of the challenges that need urgent attention.
The Bono Regional Minister, Justina Owusu Banahene urged students to be disciplined. She also called on parents to show concern over rising indiscipline in secondary schools, while urging them to support the infrastructural development of schools as government alone cannot do it.
The homecoming and the launch of the 75th anniversary of Dormaa Senior High School was under the theme “75 years of educating leaders for the country and beyond”.
Daniel Donkor
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