Over 1,000 sit for Galaxy Int'l School's scholarship exams

Galaxy International School has organized a scholarship examination for over 1,000 students.

The students are drawn from across the country with the aim of offering a range of scholarship packages to brilliant students to study in the school.

The scholarship examination which is organized yearly is part of the school’s corporate social responsibility aimed at offering an opportunity not only to brilliant but needy students but all students with the zeal to pursuing their academic dreams.

This year’s exam was special because it was held in the school’s new ultra-modern school building.

It offered a great opportunity for students, their parents and teachers to acquaint themselves with the Galaxy world.

Mr. Yusuf Temizkan, the Managing Director of the school, had hinted during the school’s science fair, that the scholarship package was meant to open doors of opportunities to brilliant students who would want to have access to the world-class environment in which the school is hosted.

Esther Fummey a JHS3 student, from the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission Basic School (GAEC), who participated in the examination, said she was motivated by her parent’s contribution towards her education and needed to get the scholarship to take off the burden of her parents.

She was happy to participate in the exams which she said has prepared her to take part in any other competitive exams.

A retired civil servant, Mr. Kofi Baido, who accompanied his daughter to the venue, said the opportunity given the students is enormous.

“They will explore your facilities, it’s my daughters’ first time of seeing such a glamorous school and I’m happy for her, she will never forget this experience”.

Mrs. Dorothy Kwarteng-Adjei, a mathematics teacher in the school, indicated that the scholarship examination is a great opportunity for needy but brilliant students.

The examination is open to class six and junior high school (JHS) three students every year. Successful students would be admitted into JHS1 and senior high school (SHS) 1 respectively.

The next scholarship examination would be conducted at the end of the 2016-2017 academic year.

Information Communication Technology
Immersed in Information Communication Technology (ICT), the use of ICT makes life easier for teachers, students and parents.

Through the use of ‘Thinkwave’ software, students’ results, performance and class attendance can be monitored by parents in the comfort of their homes.

Apart from the classroom performance, the software is also used to report on the disciplined attitude of students.

“This is a unique software which we use to communicate to parents the behaviour of their children and the software also registers their class attendance” the Principal of the school, Mr. Hakan Karaman said.