Some of the students displaying their dancing skills during the festival
Galaxy International School has celebrated its annual intercultural festival with the view of displaying cultural diversity and promoting intercultural tolerance and coexistence.
The event, which was organized under the theme, “Respecting Diversity to Promote Unity,” drew over 2,000 people from 34 countries across the world.
In an address to open the event, managing director of the School, Yusuf Temizkan, indicated that diversity is a permanent factor in human life and therefore “we must embrace our diversity by respecting each other, despite our differences; this will ensure total peace of the world.”
Mr Temizkan indicated that at Galaxy International School – apart from academics – a key priority area is the molding of students to meet the dynamics of the ever changing world. Towards this end, he said, the school had drawn quality and experienced staff across the world who are highly motivated to deliver on this mission.
He remarked that parents and students had been the nucleus of the school from its inception and in recognition of this, it (school) places students and their parents at the top of the scale of preference.
Former Ghana’s foreign affairs minister, Osei Adjei, who was the chairman of the occasion, expressed gratitude to the school for the choice of the theme of the programme. He said given the current state of the world, respect for diversity is the only panacea to world peace.
The Adenta Municipal Director of education, Frances Mabel Williams, indicated in a speech that Galaxy International School had over the years complied with all the rules and regulations set by the Ghana Education Service (GES) and aside that, the school had developed standards expected of any world-class modern school.
Mrs Mabel Williams said she was satisfied that the school was situated in her municipality and assured of her support.
She added that private education is very significant in Ghana since government alone cannot supply the educational needs Ghanaians. “It is as a result of this that the government, through GES, has continuously supported all private schools in Ghana,” Mrs Mabel Williams maintained.
Galaxy International School operates both the British and the Ghanaian curricula. It is prided as one of the most prestigious schools in Ghana, with state-of-the-art facilities for teaching and learning. It’s a competitive environment for academic excellent, with about 100% university placements for its students.
Currently, hundreds of products of the school are interspersed in more than 50 prestigious universities across the globe.
The intercultural festival is an annual event on the school’s calendar.