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The essence of hard work, education, development (self and national), which reflect a general lowering of standards and celebration of mediocrity
and evolution is to gain, maintain or restore a certain standard of living in the nation, as “normal” and “no big deal”. As for the good grades, please,
or being. Wey Gey Hey has some excellent standards, both academic and let’s not get it twisted; The School has managed to maintain the core of her
social, that have been maintained over the years and a few that need to values and standards and so academic excellence from both teachers and
be restored. We have set the standard in academic excellence, discipline, students is the norm. And if these numerous awards and academic laurels
comportment, poise, industriousness and general excellence. Our motto have been achieved under such unbelievably downgraded circumstances
says it all: Live Pure, Speak True, Right Wrong and Follow the King. And and conditions, which all enlightened parents and proud Old Girls abhor,
while these values and standards have been upheld firmly over the years, a just imagine what we could achieve once our cherished standards and
cursory look at the School would reveal a decline in the standard of living traditions are restored. Let all stakeholders (listed below) imagine that for
and quality of life within the hallowed walls of Wesley Girls’ High School. a minute.
1. The School (Board and Administration)
You shake your head in disbelief and scoff at the idea that the esteemed Wey 2. Methodist Church of Ghana
Gey Hey could have lowered standards in any aspect of her life. And if we 3. Ghana Education Service/ Ministry of Education
were to start naming a few problems like overcrowding and overburdening 4. Old Girls
of existing infrastructure (tied in to abuse of protocol), overburdening 5. Parents
of management and staff, use of bunk beds, removal of lockers, pantries 6. Students
converted to dining hall, holding assembly in the open (because the student 7. District/Community (represented by District/ Municipal Chief Executive
population has out grown the old assembly hall and the bigger modern Officers and Chiefs)
one started by GETFUND in 2006 remains uncompleted), lack of decent
basic amenities such as mosquito nets, working bathrooms, inadequate 8. Government and Government Officials
supply of drinking water (and the resultant plastic waste), inadequate 9. Vendors and Service Provider
staff housing (old and dilapidated), insufficient budget to run the School
properly, unrealistic fees paid in general and especially towards feeding
cost of students, delays in payment of government subsidies, inadequate
educational resources (including science laboratories and library books Everybody wants to go to Wesley Girls’ or be part of the WGHS success
and periodicals) etc, you would retort with derision because after all that story; and it is a brilliant story of excellence showcasing God’s grace
has become the common situation in most secondary schools in Ghana. and favour upon the School. So why then do we as stakeholders take
And besides, Wey Gey Hey students still make good grades and grab questionable decisions and actions that lead to standards being lowered?
WASSCE awards left, right and centre so what is the problem? What is the Why do we abuse our authority to overcrowd the School and call it elitism
big deal with a little overcrowding etc? when the custodians bemoan the overburdening? Why do we bully our
way via protocol to get our wards with terrible grades into the School, even
The problem is the fact that you would even consider all these challenges, though that means the academic standard would gradually be lowered?

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