Mr Gordon Osei Marfo, the Headmaster of Sunyani Senior High School (SUSEC) , has cautioned the students, especially the freshers against all forms of examination malpractices, indiscipline and acts of lawlessness.
He reminded the students that with the support of old students and other stakeholders, the school authorities had mounted 26 CCTV cameras to improve security and check deviant and wayward behaviours.
Mr Marfo made the disclosure in an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) on the side-lines of a presentation ceremony held at the school’s compound in Sunyani.
The 1994 ‘O’ level year group of the Sunyani Senior High School Old Students Association (SOSA) presented 100 pieces of tables to the school.
Mr Marfo expressed concern about the surge in examination malpractices in many of the SHSs in the Bono region that often resulted in the cancellation of results and subjects in the West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) every year.
He said the school was not in any position to tolerate examination malpractices, indiscipline and acts of lawlessness and advised the students to consider the huge investments the government and their families were spending on them to acquire quality education and to learn their books.
Mr Marfo said inadequate tables and chairs remained the pressing need of the school now and appealed to the old students, corporate bodies and individuals to come to their aid.
He expressed appreciation to the group for the support, saying with more of such assistance, the school would be able to tackle the growing demand and needs of the students and create a more conducive environment for effective teaching and learning.
The headmaster explained that SUSEC was established in 1960 with only 30 students, but now had 4,550 students putting pressure on its physical infrastructure.
Mr Marfo added that presently, construction work on some physical infrastructure development projects including boys’ and girls’ dormitories, two-storey science laboratory as well as teachers’ bungalows were progressing steadily.
He expressed his optimism that on completion, the projects would well position the school to end the implementation of the double-track system roughly by 2026.
Mr Justice Collins Adu-Baffoe, a representative of the group and member of the member of the National Executive Council of SOSA told the GNA that the presentation of the tables was in line with the 30th anniversary celebration of the 1994-year group of SOSA.
He advised the students to learn their books and also ensure that they used social media productively to aid their studies.
SUSEC Headmaster cautions freshers against examination malpractices, deviant behaviours
