By Emmanuel Mensah-Abludo
Funsi Senior High School (FUNSEC), is entreating the powers that be to help and ensure early completion of some key infrastructural projects being undertaken in the school.
The Headmaster of the School, Sulemani Dramani, who made the call at the climax of the 10th anniversary of the school at Funsi, mentioned the Girls’ Dormitory, Assembly and Dining Halls as some of the priority projects that must be completed to ease the burden of the school.
Funsi Senior High School, affectionately known as FUNSEC, was established on 15 January 2014, as the first second-cycle school in the Wa East District by government in partnership with the chiefs and people of Funsi Traditional Area.
The school, which started with 151 students made up of 91 boys and 60 girls, had Mr Begyil Luke as the foundation Headmaster. The Headmaster of FUNSEC, Sulemani Dramani, stated that the academic performance of the school had improved over the years, noting that the school recorded its first 100% pass in 2021.
Mr Dramani underscored the necessity for the infrastructural projects in the school to be completed to give it a facelift. He observed that, “There are a number of ongoing projects in the school, these are: Girls Dormitory block which is about 85% complete, Assembly Hall complex which is about 60% complete and ultra-modern Dining Hall which is about 40% complete.”
The Headmaster continued, “management is not resting on its oars, we are constantly reminding and pleading with the powers that be for the early completion of these ongoing projects to ease the suffering of the school management and students as well as giving a face lift to the school.”
The Wa East District Director of Education, Madam Ayisha Ibrahim Jinsung, asked both students and teachers of FUNSEC to be disciplined in order to be good ambassadors of the school.
The Upper West Regional Director of Education, Razak Abdul-Korah, said FUNSEC is one of the 13 priority schools in Upper West being assisted to develop School Improvement Plan (SIP) with a Mastercard Foundation grant.
In response to an appeal for additional teachers, Mr Abdul-Korah indicated that he had taken note of the request and would work towards it. The Savelugu Municipal Director of Education, Dr Munawaru Issahaku, who was the guest speaker, stressed that students should be groomed in such a way that they will surmount challenges instead of running away from them.
Dr Issahaku entreated successive governments not to jettison the Free Senior High School (FSHS) policy.
He said: “Any government that continues after, His Excellency, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, I plead to be encumbered to continue the Free Senior High School, and only improve it for the better.”
“I also plead that the review of Senior High School, should not be anything that will be less than what we are experiencing and not an improvement,” he noted.
The DCE for Wa East, S.K. Mahama Ewurah, pointed out that the NPP government is committed to ensuring that all children of school-going age have access to education for them to realise their potentials and contribute to the development of the country. Five personalities and three students were honoured at the function.
The first Headmaster of FUNSEC, Begyil Luke, the first DCE for Wa East, Alhaji Adams Mahama Issahaku (aka Okonkwo), the first Wa East District Director of Education, Madam Dominica Dassah, the Board Chairman of FUNSEC, Joseph Torrun Nibomuah, and Lawyer Abu Juan were the personalities honoured, while the students were Miss Zulfata Laminu and Masters Joseph Kalaliba and Rashid Abudu.
The theme for the 10th anniversary was “Celebrating diversity—highlighting the multiculturalism and inclusivity within the school’s community for academic excellence and the world of work”.
