A candidate being presented with a maths set
Former Managing Director (MD) of Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Mr. Kwame Agyeman-Budu, has donated 3,300 pieces of mathematical sets to this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) candidates in the 52 Junior High Schools (JHS) in the Ejisu Municipality of the Ashanti Region.
The gesture was to motivate and encourage them to successfully write their final exams.
In all, 3,249 candidates are taking part in this year’s Basic Education Examination Certificate Examination in the Ejisu Municipality.
Making the presentation, Mr. Kwame Agyeman-Budu wished the candidates well, and urged them not to be afraid of the exams.According to him, “my hallmark is to support education development of the youth in Ejisu Municipality, hence my decision to donate items to the students.”
Additionally, Mr. Kwame Agyeman-Budu pointed out that what touched his heart to support BECE candidates in the 52 Junior High Schools was that he realised that the quality of education is a bedrock of the country, saying that “if it is not education, I would not have gotten to the level I am now.”
He said education has made him proud, as he called on parents to invest heavily in their children’s education to help them to become responsible persons in the future.
He lamented the situation where children are academically brilliant but their parents are financially poor to support their education.
Lack of this, according to him, has informed his decision to donate the items to support the students who would be writing this year’s BECE.
He indicated his commitment and readiness to support the education of the students in the 52 schools in the Ejisu Municipality.
He also used the opportunity to urge the students to avoid examination malpractices, which would lead them to the wrong side of the law.
He encouraged the students to learn all the topics for which they were taught by their teachers, and urged them not give up on their dreams, saying that they should learn hard to achieve their best results from the examination.
The Ejisu Municipal Director of Education, Mr. Kwabena Owusu, who received the items on behalf of the schools, expressed appreciation to the former ECG boss for the kind gesture and gave the assurance that they would motivate them to excel in their exams.
BY Daniel Bampoe