The Volta Regional Minister, James Gunu, was highly impressed by the success stories of Abor Senior High School when it comes to human resources development, but admonished the students to learn harder for the best grades after 60 years.
The Minister who joined the 1st Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Lawyer Benard Ahiafor, the staff, students, alumni, and the entire Abor community on Saturday, June 14, 2025, to launch the 60th anniversary celebration of Abor Senior High School under the theme “60 Years of Impactful Journey: Providing Transformative Secondary Education through Indigenous Values and 21st Century Skills”, expressed joy and said, “congratulations to Abor SHS on this milestone. Let us continue working together to uphold the legacy of excellence in education across the Volta Region and beyond”.
Mr. Gunu used the occasion to reaffirm the Government’s strong commitment to enhancing education in Ghana and that Abor SHS stands as a shining example of what dedication and community support can achieve in shaping young minds for national development”.
He inspired the students with powerful words, reminding them that “education remains the most powerful tool to transform society.”
Chairman of the anniversary launch in person of Torgbui Awusu 111, Divisional Chief of Afife Traditional Area, an Old Student, said, underdevelopment of is societies is a result of inability to inculcate in the youth indigenous values and 21st-century skills.
He mentioned that “while indigenous values highlight our human interconnectedness and cohesion, respect for one another, reciprocity of sharing common resources, responsibility for one another, and self-determination of taking our destinies into our own hands, 21st century skills are a blend of both traditional academic skills and emerging more adaptable skills that help us to fit into today’s dynamic world”.
Torgbui said, 21st-century skills emphasized critical thinking, problem solving, creativity, communication, collaboration, and adaptability to emerging situations, and that “the moral decadence of disrespect, immoral behaviour, corruption and thievery in our society today are a result of lack of indigenous values and 21st-century skills. The development of indigenous values and 21st-century skills are two important domains that are very important to the provision of holistic education that is essential for the transformation of our society.
