Solidarity International School

Solidarity International School was established on the 6th September, 1988, by Mr Jimah K. Benni. It started with 24 pupils and two teachers.

“Over the years, our school has witnessed a tremendous increase in student population, and this is largely due to the hard work of teachers and the entire students. We have over 1,200 students, 68 teachers, a Headmaster and an Academic Coordinator,” Mr K. Benni, the Proprietor of Solidarity International, disclosed this in an interview with School Profile Today.

Since the establishment of the school twenty years ago, the Proprietor revealed that his institution has many success stories to tell. Some of these, he revealed, include the fact that since 1997 to date the school has prepared candidates who have excelled well in the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).

He went on to say that they have also received several awards notable among which is the Tema Municipal Assembly Best School in 2003. He indicated that Solidarity International was also adjudged one of the best in the performance of BECE results among the best 100 Junior High School students in the country.

According to Mr Benni, Solidarity International’s vision is to empower the youth through formal education from crèche [age one] “till our strength can carry us.” He noted that plans are underway by management of the school to put up SHS and boarding facilities for students, as early as practicable, and if necessary establish a tertiary institution.

Facts about my School

The fact that Solidarity International School is located at Ashaiman, one of the slum areas in Ghana, does not mean that the school is not the best.

Solidarity International School was built in the year 1988 by Mr and Mrs Benin at Ashaiman Roman down.

The school has achieved a lot as far as academic work and other activities are concerned ever since its establishment.

The school has three departments: the nursery, primary and the junior high department. There are thirty-two class rooms which are grouped into two, Kev and Eeva.

The school has adequate facilities like the ICT lab, science lab and music lab. There is also a reception, two offices and a staff room.

The school has a population of about one thousand and about fifty teachers.

Solidarity is known as one of the best schools in Accra and that is very true, we students are very talented and intelligent and that is why we are always the best in education.

By Elikplim Agbemafle, JHS 2

Deforestation in Ghana

In recent times, it is alarming to see the rate at which our forests are being depleted.

This is largely due to the activities of most Ghanaians, some of which include overgrazing, sand winning, mining and chainsaw operations. I wish to lay emphasis, particularly on the activities of chainsaw operators, since it happens to be the major cause of deforestation in the country.

Ghana, a country known to have most of its regions in the forest zones, has now seen a dramatic decrease in its forest reserves. This had all been due to the activities of most illegal chainsaw operators.

Secondly, for some time now, most illegal chainsaw operators go about their activities without practicing re-aforestation. This has massively contributed to the decrease in the number of trees in the country. They go about their activities without considering the fact that they are causing great harm to the country’s forest reserves.

Planting of trees has many good health effects on the well-being of the country as well as positive economic benefits.  There is no doubt that planting of trees can help reduce the rate of global warming and climatic change in the atmosphere and the world as a whole.

I suggest that the government resource our wildlife and forestry departments with the necessary equipment and give them the necessary motivation to combat activities of chainsaw operators, whose activities tend to destroy the environment.

Educational campaigns on the effects of these activities should also be extended to the citizenry so that everyone would be informed and educated on the harmful effects of some of these activities on our environment.

These campaigns will go a long way to help reduce the rate of illegal felling of trees and chain saw operations.

Re-aforestation should also be encouraged in the country. I suggest that all Ghanaians should partake in the project of greening Ghana, to help preserve Ghana for future generations, and to make it a better place to live.

I hope that Ghanaians would turn a new leaf to make Ghana a better place and give ears to the above mentioned suggestions on how to curb deforestation.

I believe that these suggestions when implemented would bring about a big change in the country.

By Michael Selaasie Badjie, JHS 2

COMPILED BY: CHARITY A. SACKITEY, MYSTEEK COLLEGE INTERN