Special Light Tops Them All

Special Light International School in Kumasi came tops and took home a 24-inch colour television and 24 pieces of mathematical sets after competing in a cultural festival organised for private and public schools in Kumasi.

The competition was organised by Talented African Youth Cultural Group in collaboration with the National Youth Council on the theme, “Sankofa”.

Open Heavens International, Job Foundation International, Bethel Emmanuel School and Emmanuel Education Complex followed in the second, third, fourth and fifth positions respectively. Each school received a standing fan.

Pupils from 13 public and private schools in the Kumasi Metropolis gathered at the Ahinsan Estate Youth Centre to compete in poetry recitals, coral music, drama, cultural and choreography displays.

The splendid performances displayed by the children put the audience on their feet amid intermittent applause throughout the three-hour competition.

In an address read on his behalf, the Chief Executive of Kumasi, Mr Samuel Sarpong, entreated the students to continue to work hard to make the programme popular among their peers to serve as preparatory grounds for theatre studies in schools.

He called for the provision of infrastructure, as well as the right motivation for teachers of drama and culture to enable the students to learn more about their culture.

That, he said, would help prevent the children from copying foreign values which ‘is killing the moral fabric of our society.’

Rev Isaac Kwesi Botwe, a member of the organising team called for public support and sponsorship, so as to be able to sustain the programme.