Vice-President of Bright Senior High School, Dominic Acquah (left), receives the award
Bright Senior High School, situated at Akyem Kukurantumi in the Eastern Region, has been adjudged the best private senior high school in Ghana by the West Africa International Press Limited at an annual event held at the headquarters of the Chartered Institute of Bankers, Accra, under the auspices Heroes of Distinction Conference and Awards.
The Heroes of Distinction Conference and Awards ceremony is organised by the West Africa International Press Limited, publishers of West Africa International Magazine, to honour outstanding Ghanaian personalities and entrepreneurs for their contribution to the economic growth of Ghana.
The award ceremony was instituted in 2018 in furtherance of the objective of the press house to provide platform for the recognition, promotion and celebration of corporate entities and individuals of excellence.
The school won the second cycle education category award on merit after careful assessment by a panel of distinguished personalities.
The panel took into consideration consistent impressive academic performance of Bright SHS in the West Africa Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), the high level of discipline, effective monitoring and supervision structure. In addition, it took into account availability of modern ICT and science laboratories as well as the availability of subject specialist teachers in the school, among other qualities.
Lifting the bar
Expressing his joy to the media after the ceremony, the vice-president of Bright Senior High School, Dominic Acquah, who led a delegation to receive the awards, said: “Selecting Bright Senior High School as the best private school in Ghana is recognition of hard work, investment, commitment and quality education.
“It is going to help us raise the standard of the school more. We are going to lift the bar in private education. Now, almost all teachers in the school are graduates with Masters and PhD, and those with First Class Honours are all teaching there…In fact, the president of the school, Bright Amponsah, continues to invest to improve the quality of teaching,” he said.
He urged parents across the country to bring their children to the school to benefit from the quality education in shaping their academic dreams and future.
Dr. Dee Otibu-Asare, President of West Africa International Press Limited, publisher of New Ghanaian Magazine, said the objective of his outfit is to recognise trailblazers who have contributed immensely to the country’s socio-economic development of the sub-region.
“These are those whose undertakings are of strategic importance to the development of West Africa and the entire of the African continent. We hope the honours will ginger you to do more for mother Ghana and the West Africa sub-region,” he stated.
School
Bright Senior High School was established as a diploma awarding institution in 2007 by a sole proprietor, Mr.Bright Amponsah Nyarko, with a class of six students
In 2008, enrollment increased to nine diploma and three senior high school students. Due to the excellent performance of the first batch of candidates who sat the West Africa Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), enrollment witnessed significant increase the following year, with the school’s consistent excellent performance in WASSCE continuing to attract more students, increasing the population to about 2,000 in 2021.
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