Prempeh.org can now confirm that
a search is intensely underway for a new, academics-friendly Headmaster to replace Mr. Owusu-Achiaw in September 2008.
Currently, Prempeh headmasters are appointed for three years and their performances reviewed at the end of each three-year term
for renewal. Thus the only factor that earns a headmaster a contract extension is a record of excellence.
Mr. Owusu-Achiaw's second term ends in September 2008 and is not expected to be renewed by the Board of Governors, according to higly reliable
sources. In fact, the old boys have started soliciting for nominations for a new Headmaster because of Mr. Owusu-Achiaw's "lack of passion"
for academic matters.
When the headmaster's first term came to an end in 2005, the Board of Governors first met to review his achievements in the realm of sports.
After being commended for an excellent achievement in sports at that time, the Board scheduled a meeting to decide on his record on academics
and were on the verge of sacking him in October 2005. But fortunately for the Headmaster, the judgement day the Board was to decide his fate
coincided with the inauguration of the Prempeh.org Inter-Houses Science & Maths Quiz competition, an event chaired by Nana Akyempemhene and Board
member Dr. Akosa.
The thought of having a regular inter-house quizzes competition on campus which will sharpen the skills of Prempeh contestants
and aid them in capturing
national quiz trophies impressed Prof. Akosa and the entire Board so much that they easily offered
the Headmaster a new 3-year term on October 21, 2005 (the very moment
the quizzes league inauguration ended).
The inauguration was broadcast nationwide on TV-3. All the science masters involved in the science quizzes league program were rewarded
with free television and DVD players.
A Science Quiz library was developed and filled with books and video/filming instruments. A video recording device was provided to the school for
recording all quiz competitions to provide a video library which will enhance the learning proccess. At least $1000 was made available
for the winner of competition.
But as soon as the Board of Governors left campus, the Headmaster refused to hold the competition. It appears, to him, the soccer league was
more important than the academic pursuits.
Because the Board awarded him the contract extension solely based on the prospects of the Inter-Houses Quizzes league, the Board
later felt deceived and betrayed. This obviously implies the Headmaster tricked them into awarding him a contract extension by
accepting the quizzes league with enthusiasm. Fortunately for the Headmaster, the tenure of some Board members ended; the old Board
members went away and gave way for new Board of Governors, including a new Old Boys President.
St. Augustine's College, from the far away Cape Coast, became so enamored of the Prempeh quizzes league concept that they
implemented a similar thing at their school and used it to
train their boys so well that their contestants could hardly be matched in Accra in this year's competition. The Augustine's quizmaster
was so fascinated with the Prempeh
quiz team in the 2007 national Competition that he approached our team every morning and offered them questions from their
campus league program, which he urged our boys to "consider solving."
Amazingly, some of these questions showed up in the actual quiz program. The Augustine's quizmaster eagerly anticipated a
Prempeh-Augusco natonal final because he felt these are the 2 schools
that train their students on campus with this league method. Little did he know that Prempeh headmaster actually
abandoned the quiz training program years ago.
Our friends at St. Augustine's, who also wear green, won the national quiz trophy by implementing a plan Prempeh pioneered.
The Headmaster's record, compiled in the dossier below, sheds more light on reasons the Old Boys want to get rid of him.
