MFANTSIMAN GIRLS' SECONDARY SCHOOL 44TH SPEECH & PRIZE-GIVING DAY CELEBRATION HEADMISTRESS' ADDRESS
Madam Chairperson, Our Guest Speaker, Professor Kojo Senah, (Head of Sociology Department, University of Ghana , Legon), our Guest of Honour, Nana Pra Agyensaim VI – King of Assin Kushea, Mr. Ato Essuman, Member of Council of State, Honourable Nana Ato Arthur, Central Regional Minister, Special Guests, Honourable Members of Parliament and Ministers of State, District Chief Executive, Nanaanom, Members of the School Board, Regional and District Directors of Education, P.T.A. Executive, colleague Heads of Schools and Institutions, Old Girls, parents, staff, students, the media, distinguished ladies and gentlemen, it is my pleasant duty to welcome you all to the 44th Speech & Prize-Giving Day Celebration of my School, in fact, our School.
We are informed from our School records that Mfantsiman Girls' Secondary School, originally known as Saltpond Girls, was established, in recognition of the immense and significant role the women of Saltpond played in the struggle for the nation’s independence fifty years ago, to provide relevant education to girls at the second cycle level to enable them acquire knowledge and skills that would assist them to develop their full potentials to be productive in order to facilitate poverty alleviation, and promote socio-economic growth for national development. Madam Chairperson, distinguished ladies and gentlemen, this year’s Speech & Prize-Giving Day Celebration has taken a new turn.
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