JHS leaver needs financial support to further education
● Sefakor obtained aggregate 12 in the 2022 BECE
The fate of a 16-year-old girl who obtained Aggregate 12 in the 2022 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) and got admission into St Martins Senior High School at Nsawam in the Eastern Region, hangs in the balance.
The future of Miss Kokoroko Sefakor Debase former pupil of Odumplala M/A Basic School in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra Region, seems bleak as snippets of information The Spectator has received indicate that her mother has told her to learn a trade instead of pursuing further education.
Reason? The mother said she could not take care of the girl’s elder brother who is currently a student at the Accra Technical University (ATU) and at the same time cater for her in the Secondary School.
So, she has asked Sefokor to abandon her dream of going to a Senior High School and rather learn hairdressing.
Ms. Sefakor chose Aburi Girls Senior High as her first choice, St Martins Senior High 2nd choice, and Methodist Girls Senior High at Mamfe 3rd choice, Ngleshie Amanfro Senior High, 4th choice and St. Thomas Senior High/ Technical 5th choice.
Fortunately, she got admission in her second choice St. Martins Senior High School as a Boarding Student to read General Science.
But her mother’s decision is gradually dampening the high spirit of the student and The Spectator is appealing to well-meaning Ghanaians and philanthropic organisations to come to her aid.
By Jemima Esinam Kuatsinu
