An induction ceremony has been held for a new headmaster of Pope John Senior High school and Junior Seminary (POJOSS) in Koforidua.
Rev.Fr.Benjamin Opoku Hene replaces Benedicta Foli as the substantive headmaster.
He is an experienced educationist and catholic priest who has worked for the Catholic church and schools since 1991 in various capacities. He was the Assistant headmaster of St.Thomas Aquinas SHS. He was made substantive headmaster for St.Martins SHS in Nsawam Adoagyiri in 2020 .
Speaking to the media after the 2023 day mass and induction ceremony ,the new headmaster Rev.Fr.Benjamine Opoku Hene, said discipline , supervision and Monitoring, collaboration with parents and networking with old students are four thematic areas he will advance to improve quality education in the school
According to him, government alone cannot absorb all burdens in education sector through Free SHS policy hence the need for all Stakeholders to support.
He appealed to government to complete new boys dormitory block and Assembly hall projects stalled due to financial challenges by the contractor.
The new boys dormitory was expected to ease congestion currently being experienced however contractors who were putting up the facilities have abandoned sites for years due to failure by government to pay them.
Rev.Fr.Benjamine Opoku Hene said ,due to lack of assembly hall, the dining hall has become omnibus for almost all activities disrupting dining periods of students.
Eastern regional Minister Seth Kwame Acheampong said government is committed to quality and accessible education hence the introduction of free senior high school accompanied with infrastructural expansion.
He assured that deplorable internal roads in the school will be fixed why efforts made to complete the stalled projects listed.
The Bishop of Koforidua Diocese of the Catholic Church Most Rev. Afrifa Agyekum charged the new headmaster to uphold and imbibe catholic values into the students to spur their academic development.
Source : Mybrytfmonline.com/Obed Ansah