...with special emphasis on Mr. Anokye
Friday, August 11, 2006
One former Prempeh Maths teacher who left barely a year ago, Mr. Mike Adjei Appiah, popularly
called Sir Mike, has passed away. He was aged 40.
He died in the USA on on the 19th July and his body was flown to Ghana.
Okomfo Anokye performing wonders
We have also observed that Akatakyie have finally embraced Mr. Stephen Anokye as their headmaster.
It is noteworthy that the OWASS old boys have accepted him wholeheartedly given the furore that the
appointment of the former Prempeh Assistant Headmaster generated. The old boys opposed him because they
feared their school will become Prempeh-like.
Mr. Stephen Anokye
Notwithstanding the apprehension about Prempeh traditions becoming indoctrinated into the Owarean culture,
Mr. Anokye has managed to still adopt some great Prempeh philosophies and ideas.
For example, he recently modeled the OWASS Science stream after the Prempeh system in an attempt to get more
OWASS science students admitted to the university programs in Architecture.
Science students undertake 8 subjects, including Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Elective Maths, English,
Core Maths, Social Science and Integrated Science.
Prempeh has five Science streams (Form 1S1, 1S2, 1S3, 1S4 and 1S5) and the College uses the Science 4 stream (Forms 1S4, 2S4 and 3S4)
to groom boys for the universities' Schools of Architecture, which is why a large portion of the architecture classes at the universities are occupied by Prempeh
students. Prempeh achieved this by substituting Geography for the Biology in the science curriculum, a subject that is not pivotal to architectural studies.
So, Prempeh's forms 1S4, 2S4 and 3S4 take Geography instead of Biology.
Our former deputy headmaster Anokye has brilliantly introduced the same system at Santasi for the
2006/07 academic year. Thus, starting from September 2006,
the OWASS form 1 class entering their S4 stream will take Geography instead of the Agric Science that
Owareans have been taking over the years.
This brilliant move will enhance the Santasi school's competitiveness in the university admissions proccess.
When he was appointed OWASS headmaster in October 2003, the OWASS oldboys "strongly objected to his appointment by the Ghana Education" because "he lacked the requisite experience and capability to
effectively head a first class and renowned school like Opoku Ware Secondary School." Their press release stressed, "the decision to appoint an
assistant headmaster (Domestic) of another school to head an institution as great as OWASS without any proven experience does not augur well and
portrays OWASS as though it was a training ground for headmasters." "The association will cut all links with the school should the GES go ahead
to make Mr Anokye, headmaster of OWASS", the release stated. Mr. Anokye, however told this website that "they thought I was going to implement
the policy of "suban ne nimdee" but I want them to know that I am my own man. Anyway, if the policies and philosophies (refering to Suban ne Nimdee) are right, I will surely use them."
