Nifa SHS cries for help

The Headmistress of Nifa Senior High School (SHS), Cornelia Kpelle, has appealed to corporate organisations, benevolent bodies and individuals to help to address the school’s infrastructure deficit.

Ms Kpelle was speaking at the inauguration of a fully fitted 16-seater lavatory for female students of the school.

The facility, which cost GH¢295,341, was donated by the 1984 past students of the school as part of activities marking the group’s 40th anniversary.

Ms Kpelle indicated that the Nifa SHS, a government-assisted school, had over the years produced students currently contributing to national development.

She said the school was, however, struggling to bridge the infrastructure gap due to increased enrolment.

She thanked the ’84 Year Group for the gesture, and urged other year groups to emulate the example.

The President of the 1984 Year Group, Millicent Owusu, said the amount was raised through levies, monthly dues, individual donations, among others.

The legacy project started about two years ago when the members decided to give back to Nifa SHS from their toil in recognition of the school’s contribution to their careers.

Ms Owusu, who handed over the facility to the school, stressed that the gesture was a way of saying thank you to their alma mater.

She expressed gratitude to the members of the association for their support, and challenged all other year groups to rally behind the school to raise its status.

Beginning

Just over 100 students formed the year group that started their secondary education at the school as they literally climbed up the hill to begin the five-year Ordinary Level education journey in the noble institution in 1979.

Ms Owusu said the students had been nurtured by the school, training them to work hard and resilient in all forms of work.

She said some of them were now doctors, accountants, business people, lawyers, among others.

The Nifa SHS, established in 1971, now has a student population of almost 3,000.