Michael Boateng Dormaa-Ahenkro
4 August 2008
A fifty-eight year old class four pupil, of the Nseseresu Roman Catholic Primary School, Mary Gyabeah, has entreated children of school-going age, particularly in the Region, to make education a priority, in order to achieve an enviable status in future.
Mary Gyabeah, a mother of ten, told B/A File, in an interview at Dormaa-Ahenkro, that there had been some ridiculous comments from people, who did not understand why such an elderly person still wished to be in school, to learn in the midst of her grandchildren.
According to Madam Gyabeah, she has not been perturb at all, about such ridiculous comments against her quest to acquire formal education, at the age of 58, because she aims to encourage the young ones, especially girls of school-going age at Nseseresu, to take delight in acquiring formal education.
She said school enrolment at Nseseresu, was not encouraging, particularly among the girls, and teenage pregnancy was still prevalent, therefore, she took the decision to prove to the people of the area, that age had nothing to do with education.
The 58-year pupil said she hoped the young ones would emulate her, and take their education serious, to uplift the image of Nseseresu.
She called on parents to take advantage of the Capitation Grant, and send their children to school, and encourage them to continue to the higher levels.
Madam Gyabeah disclosed that she was in the same class with her grandchild, who is also her studying mate at home after the evening chores, and amazingly, she beat her grandchild in their end of term examination.
She said out of a total of 23 pupils, she was third best in the class, whilst the grandchild was the seventh.
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