Memories Of Mfanstiman Girls Secondary School As MOGA 1999 Readies To Host 64th Anniversary | Education

Twenty-five years ago in 1999, my year Group  who were the last of the 90’s gained admission to study in various disciplines at Mfantsiman Girls Secondary  School. 

Donned in our various check house dresses  from different backgrounds we were warmly received at the School’s Roundabout in 1997 and our stay for the next three years took off. 

We bonded easily and from 1997-1999 we were groomed  into becoming who we are now.  We are going to honour the memory of our late headmistress during our time Mrs. Elizabeth Afedziwa Croffie whom we affectionately called  Headiee and our founding fathers, current  and past leadership of the school and stakeholders who helped shaped us and other old girls  in society who are trail blazers in their chosen fields.

On that soil we were groomed to become responsible. The aim was to equip us with essential skills that would enable us to harness our potential and contribute productively to society. 

Aside our curriculum, conscious efforts were made to ensure that independent women were raised. Three years of stay at Mfantsiman was amazing  I must admit. Both staff and non-teaching staff all contributed to our making into who we are today hence wherever any Mfantsiman old girl is they are able to perform creditably.

I am  excited to join my year group  to give back  to our alma mater. The purple girls are going back to their roots. In contributing our quota, the 64th Edition of the Speech and Prize Giving day powered by the 1999 Year Group; the last of the 90’s have contributed towards the school’s legacy  project to build a multi purpose state-of-the art library to address the educational needs of the current crop of students and other  generations who will gain admission into our proud alma mater.

Our school motto  ‘Obra Nye Woara abo’ in fanti meaning ‘Life is what you make it’ thankfully  has been phenomenal in our lives.  Another line of our school ode,  Obra pa so gye owura kwan has  impacted us positively and contributed to our sustenance.

The Speech Day Committee and entire  MOGA 1999  Well done for the sacrifices and the Yeo Man’s job in bringing everything to reality.  

On the 14th of March 2024, We are going back to our roots for the Home-Coming where it all began. 

We are going back to the Lover’s Bench; We are going back to the summer huts

We are going to Our Parents with our buckets

We are going to sing Melody D’amour and all the wonderful hymns and lover’s rock

The roundabout is graciously waiting too. My dear Girls,  Let’s do it.

Abonko awaits you, Nankesiedo is eager, Saltpond will give you the warmth as always

It has been 25 years of God’s faithfulness, Grace and Mercy and we are going to share our stories after leaving the walls of our dedicated girls institution 25 years ago.

Our delicacy at the kitchen will be served, YES, Cassava and Kontomire or Garden Egg stew laced with Kako (dried shark fish) and herrings and when done we will go to the Tuck Shop for Sweets after Meals but please it is still illegal to do Take- Aways.

We will go back into our various houses, Engmann, Scotton, Chinery, Butler and Croffie  respectively for inspection.  

MOGA FOR LIFE

And smh Our Adisco boys will come in their numbers. There will be no  causing of skateee on that day.  We are the purple ladies. We Are proud.

The 64th Speech and Prize Giving day  comes off on the 16th of March 2024.  It is under the theme “Mfantsiman Girls at 64. The role of parents as first teachers in meeting the educational demands of the 21st century”.

A home-coming will take place on the 14th of March 2024 with other lined up of activities. All roads are leading to Mfantsiman on the 16th of March 2024

About Mfantsiman Girls Senior High School 

Mfantsiman Girls  school was built by Ghana’s First President Dr. Kwame Nkrumah in commemoration of the profound and significant role played by the women of Saltpond in the nation’s struggle for independence.  Formerly known as Saltpond Girls, the school  was aimed to facilitate poverty alleviation, foster socio-economic growth and contribute to the overall development of the nation. 

Mfantsiman Girls Secondary School was officially opened on the 30th of September, 1960, as one of the renowned Ghana Education Trust (GET) Schools. 

It was claimed the school selected 70 girls from the Common Entrance Examination who became the first batch of the school with Mrs. Beatrice Chinery as the first headmistress.

Source: Sekyiwa Darko, MOGA 1999

 

 

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