The Pere Planque Catholic School in Cape Coast, recently celebrated its 20th Anniversary of establishment with the inauguration of the School’s Cadet Corps.
The Anniversary was on the theme 20 Years of Holistic Catholic Education, the O.L.A Tradition.
In an address, Rev. Sr. Beatrice Hammond, Headmistress of the School, said the purpose for which the Sisters of Our Lady of Apostles (OLA) established the School, was to use education as a tool for evangelisation, lead the individual to personal realization of his or her aspirations and find meaning and fulfillment in life.
Recounting the academic successes in the past 20 years, Sr. Hammond said the School had always recorded 100 percent passes in the Basic Education Certificate Examination (B.E.C.E) with some students receiving the President’s Special Award.
She expressed gratitude to both the teaching and non-teaching staff for their hard work and dedication to duty.
The Special Guest of Honour, Prof. George K. T. Oduro, the Pro-Vice Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast, noted that good and useful education was one that “saw to the development of the head, heart and hands of the person”.
He urged parents to commit themselves to educating their children to secure a better future for them.
Prof. Oduro donated an amount to purchase boots for the Cadet Corps.
In a Keynote Address, Mrs. Alice Agyemang, the Guest Speaker, acknowledged the OLA Sisters for their contribution in the development of girl-child education in Ghana.
A former Headmistress of the Holy Child Secondary School in Cape Coast, said her achievements could be attributed to the training she had in the OLA education tradition and appealed to the government not to renege in its efforts to develop the human resource in the country through the provision of quality education.
She urged parents to instill discipline in their children to complement the efforts of the School, calling on them to collaborate with the teachers to develop the full potential of their children.
The Metropolitan Archbishop of Cape Coast, Most Rev. Matthias Kobena Nketsiah, thanked the OLA Sisters for their vision in education and their relentless efforts to make education available to all Ghanaian children.
He advised the students and teachers to uphold the high standard of Catholic education.
• A cross section of the pupils (right) Sr. Hammond addressing them.
