A Speech Outlining the Achievements and Problems of Your School

Your school is celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of its founding. As head prefect, you are asked to give a public speech during the celebration. Write  your speech outlining the achievements of your school, the problems and your hopes for the future.

A SPEECH DELIVERED BY EDWARD OWUSU , SCHOOL PREFECT, ON THE OCCASION OF THE 30^TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF NAVRONGO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.

Mr. Chairman, Honourable Member of Parliament, Chiefs, Assembly Members, The Headmaster, Members of Staff, Parents, Invited Guests, Old Students, Fellow Students, Ladies and Gentlemen. I salute you all!

Today is a great day. Today our great school is thirty years old. As you join us to mark this historic milestone in the life of NAVCO, it is only fair that we showcase to you the great strides we have made over the years. This is my purpose for standing before you this beautiful morning. Mr. Chairman, besides our achievements, I intend to touch on the major problems we face as an educational institution.

The school has witnessed a tremendous improvement in discipline among both the student body and staff. Thus, at the recent annual schools and colleges awards held at Adisadel College, NAVCO was adjudged the most disciplined school nationwide. Indeed, this prestigious award bears testimony to the hard work put in by all stakeholders right from the level of the Board of Governors to the student body. You all continue to work tirelessly to ensure that a conducive atmosphere prevails for effective teaching and learning. To all seated here, therefore, I say well done.

Mr. Chairman, a direct result of the high level of discipline attained in our school is the yearly improvement in our academic performance. I am exceedingly proud to announce to you that one Student Representative Council (S.R.C.) after another has for the past twenty years set itself a target of a hundred per cent pass in each year’s external WASSC examination. We are grateful to our past and present heads and tutors ,not forgetting our parents, for giving us the needed support to achieve this target over the years.

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Ladies and gentlemen, going by the records, this school began with only three students in the study room of its founder and first headmaster, Mr. Dennis Ndebugre of blessed memory. But today, as you can see, the student population stands at one thousand four hundred and sixty – two.

Moreover, the school has grown to become one of the few schools in this country that can boast of massive infrastructural development. The one thousand-seating capacity auditorium where you are presently seated, the magnificent three-storey classroom block just a few metres from here – a donation by our illustrious old boys and girls –  and the regular supply of water and electricity give enough evidence of how far we have come from those humble beginnings thirty years ago.

Allow me to seize this opportunity to give thanks, on behalf of my fellow students, to all who have contributed in diverse ways to the infrastructural development of NAVCO.

We have also done quite well in the sporting arena. The school continues to chalk one success after another in almost every sporting discipline. Our most recent remarkable achievement is our lifting of the trophy for the overall winner in this year’s inter – school athletics competition held right here. Indeed, the walls of our headmaster’s office are decorated with a splendid array of silverware which the school has collected within this period.

Mr. Chairman, notwithstanding our impressive performance, I must be the first to admit that the journey has not been smooth-sailing. The road has been bumpy. We still face a sizeable number of challenges that will shape our hopes for the future. Therefore, rather than rest on our laurels, we hope to tackle these challenges as we consolidate our achievements.

One area which demands urgent attention is the need to acquire a new school bus. It will replace the ageing one you can see resting over there. Fellow students, I am sure you will agree with me that our illustrious old NAVCONIANS need no reminding of the pledge they made to us in this regard about a year ago. Please, our brothers and sisters, we are still waiting for you to redeem your pledge.  

Secondly, we must improve security for both staff and students. Drug addicts and other social miscreants have colonized parts of the sprawling but fenceless school compound terrorizing us on a daily basis.

Above all, ladies and gentlemen, it is my prayer that come this school’s fortieth anniversary, ten years from today, the incumbent head prefect will tell us a sweeter success story than you have heard this morning.

Mr. Chairman, NAVCO has not done badly. Our successes in the fields of discipline, sports and infrastructure attest to this fact. We resolve to overcome the challenges in due course. May I, at this juncture, invite you all to come to the exhibition centre this afternoon to witness, in pictures, the thirty-year odyssey of Navrongo Senior High School.

I wish you a happy anniversary. Thank you.    

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