Authorities say the students who were due to enter second year, have been promoted on probation basis to allow them better their performance.

They have maintained that none of the affected students was sacked or was asked to go home because of their poor grades.

[contextly_sidebar id=”2k61Q0vjZu0ChfKdnpW5UdCv2LapockQ”]Authorities have begun engaging parents of the affected students, and will meet all the parents on Friday to announce the decision, and measures adopted to allow the students continue their stay in the school.

Management says remedial measures have also been considered to enable the affected students improve on their performance as they join their colleagues into the second year.

Assistant Headmaster (Administration), Attah Gyamfi Jones, who confirmed this to Citi News, says a lot of deliberations had gone on before the final decision was arrived at.

“Initially, there was a publication that we have sacked 51 students which was not true. It was not up to that number, however we have not sacked anybody. We just called the parents to have some fruitful discussions with them on how best we can help the students because we cannot repeat the First year’s to join the Free SHS. Management has taken a decision to invite the parents to give their wards some remedial assistance to buck up on their performance so they can join their colleagues in Form two (2). So they are on probation now. We are going to study them and make sure that they come up to join the second years”.

He indicated that the measures were to help improve on the academic performance of the students and better their grades in the West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).

Mr Gyamfi expressed concern about how some parents of the affected students did not contact management on the matter, but rather resorted to the media to dent the image of the school.

He said management will in the future intensify its counselling for students who are unable to meet their academic requirements, and parents and guardians will play a key role in the process.

He advised students who have been admitted to Prempeh College to be more serious with their studies so they can meet the academic standards of the school.

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The 15-member team was led by the Headmaster of the school, Mr Samuel K Fordjour and was accompanied by other teachers, namely, Mr George Abankwa, Mr PM Cudjoe, Mr Peter Agyeman, Mr Moses Gyimah and Mr P.K Damoah and Mr Emmanuel Adu Abankoro.

The students were Masters’ Osei Badu a contestant, Safro Ansah, a contestant and Kofi Konadu Boakye, also a contestant. The remaining students on board the Starbow Flight, were Masters Lord Opoku Gyamfi, Adu-Djan Daniel, Awuku Bekoe Benjamin, Eduful Famieyeh Joseph and Ransford Bio who were all part of the Prempeh College Quiz team.

The students were welcome on board by the Flight Captain John Ababio and his team of Air hostess.

Commenting on the gesture, the Head of Sales of Starbow, Mr Sam Adjei-Sah said “we felt compelled to be associated with the wining spirit of Prempeh College and decided to let the students have a feel of air travel as part of our corporate social responsibility”

He added that “Starbow is delighted to be associated with the Champions and also to give real meaning to its customer service, which is to provide a quick and safer travelling experience to all domestic travellers in Ghana.”

It is in line of this that Starbow currently offers the best competitive prices for airline travel in the country and will in the coming weeks introduce even more compelling reason for the domestic air traveller to fly Starbow.

Mr Adjei-Sah noted that currently, Starbow is the only Ghanaian airline with IOSA certification which has international safety standards in the country, a feat he added comes at great cost, adding that “the safety of every passenger is of utmost paramount concern to Starbow irrespective of any financial cost to Starbow”.

The Headmaster of the school, Mr Fordjour expressed his profound gratitude and that of the entire school to Starbow for the kind gesture.

“Almost the entire team of 15 were first time air travellers and we thank Starbow for making this happen”.

The students who were traveling for the first time on an aircraft were over joyed and thanked the Starbow management for the gesture.

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Wonder’s father is currently a chemical engineer.

Wonder who watched videos from the 1996 contest said on the Citi Breakfast Show that he “had exposure to the quiz very early, in JHS [Junior High School].”

“My father, he always wanted to see his son on TV and wanted his son to also win a trophy for the school. When I was in form one, before I had even gotten admission to Prempeh College, he took me around the school because he was an old boy and he sent me to the administration and showed me a picture of himself holding the trophy.”

Wonder has now secured bragging rights at home, as he revealed that his father “was always saying he was better than me till I won and now, he has admitted that I am more intelligent than him.”

Prempeh College beat St. Thomas Aquinas and Adisadel College in a very competitive contest held at the National Theatre on Thursday, June 29, 2017.

Prempeh College, who are now 4-time champions of the annual Science and Mathematics competition have received congratulatory messages from various quarters including rival schools.

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He also lauded the other finalists in a Facebook post on Friday.

Prempeh College beat St. Thomas Aquinas and Adisadel College in a very competitive contest held at the National Theatre on Thursday, June 29, 2017.

Prempeh College, who are now 4-time champions of the annual Science and Mathematics competition have received congratulatory messages from various quarters including rival schools.

President Akufo-Addo, a former teacher at Accra Academy, posted that: “Congratulations to Prempeh College for winning #NSMQ2017. Favourites from the start; they justified that tag at the end of the contest. Better luck next time to the other schools.”

Prempeh College, represented by Wonder Sarfo-Ansah and Daniel Osei Badu, took a commanding lead in the first round, but slip a point behind St. Thomas Aquinas in the second round.

They however came back strongly in the 3rd round during the ‘Problem of the day’ after impressively working out the question to claim 7 out of the 10 points at stake.

Prempeh College ended the contest with 53 against St. Thomas Aquinas’ 51 points. Adisadel College, however ended with 31 points.

For their prize, Prempeh College received GHC40,000 and packages from Tigo and GCB Bank, among other products from sponsors.

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