Forty-six years after leaving the shores of Ada, a town some 70 kilometres from Ghana’s capital city, Accra, Louise Webb still brings great joy and nostalgia to many by instituting a scholarship scheme to assist female indigene day students of the Ada Senior High School (Adasco).
Dubbed the Louise Webb Excellence Fund, it is the first of its kind to be established by the many expatriates who came mainly from Britain, the United States and Canada — the latter under the Canadian Universities Services Overseas (CUSO) program — to assist the school in teaching and learning during its formative years.
Webb, who lives in St John’s and retired from the Marine Institute in 2012, introduced business (typing and shorthand) as a course at the then only secondary school in the district
Webb said she was motivated to establish the fund as her modest contribution towards education of the youth, “particularly female indigenes of Ada of whom I still have many fond memories.”
The fund managers are: Dr. Gabriel Ofoe Canacoo (chairman), Emmanuel Amoako (secretary) and Sammy Tetteh — all former students of the school during Webb’s time there – as well as Dr. Edward Soga, a 1974 graduate of the University of Toronto and a retired dentist of the 37 Military Hospital, who made contact with Webb during his studies at the University of Toronto.
The maiden recipient of the award – Stella Akpanglo, a second-year general arts day student – was announced May 5 at a simple but colourful ceremony at the school’s premises in front of many dignitaries and the entire student body.
In line with the structure of the award, Akpanglo’s school fees for one academic year were fully settled by the fund.
Presenting the award, Canacoo said Webb deserved congratulations for making the dream a reality.
Every year, a female day student chosen from any of the four courses – General Science, General Arts, Business and Visual Arts – will be picked for the award.
Canacoo explained that if the current winner excels again at the end of the academic year, she would automatically retain the award, adding “should somebody else come out tops, we would have no choice than to honour that person because the award is for the most brilliant female day student.”
Canacoo thanked the fund administrators to the headmaster, assistant headmaster and senior house master/mistress for their assistance in picking the winner, adding that the team would still count on their support in the years ahead.
In addition to the annual scholarship, the Louise Webb Excellence Fund will institute an annual prize for the Best Student in Business for levels 1, 2 and 3 students at the school’s annual Speech and Prize-Giving day.
He congratulated Stella Akpanglo for being the maiden winner of the scholarship and urged her to work harder during the rest of her stay in the school.
In a brief statement to show her appreciation, an emotional Akpanglo said she was grateful to God for the honour and prayed for long life and prosperity for Louise Webb.
She promised to work even harder in the current academic year to justify the confidence reposed in her.
Special to The Telegram by Emmanuel Amoako, a journalist in Ada, Ghana.
Forty-six years after leaving the shores of Ada, a town some 70 kilometres from Ghana’s capital city, Accra, Louise Webb still brings great joy and nostalgia to many by instituting a scholarship scheme to assist female indigene day students of the Ada Senior High School (Adasco).
Dubbed the Louise Webb Excellence Fund, it is the first of its kind to be established by the many expatriates who came mainly from Britain, the United States and Canada — the latter under the Canadian Universities Services Overseas (CUSO) program — to assist the school in teaching and learning during its formative years.
Webb, who lives in St John’s and retired from the Marine Institute in 2012, introduced business (typing and shorthand) as a course at the then only secondary school in the district
Webb said she was motivated to establish the fund as her modest contribution towards education of the youth, “particularly female indigenes of Ada of whom I still have many fond memories.”
The fund managers are: Dr. Gabriel Ofoe Canacoo (chairman), Emmanuel Amoako (secretary) and Sammy Tetteh — all former students of the school during Webb’s time there – as well as Dr. Edward Soga, a 1974 graduate of the University of Toronto and a retired dentist of the 37 Military Hospital, who made contact with Webb during his studies at the University of Toronto.
The maiden recipient of the award – Stella Akpanglo, a second-year general arts day student – was announced May 5 at a simple but colourful ceremony at the school’s premises in front of many dignitaries and the entire student body.
In line with the structure of the award, Akpanglo’s school fees for one academic year were fully settled by the fund.
Presenting the award, Canacoo said Webb deserved congratulations for making the dream a reality.
Every year, a female day student chosen from any of the four courses – General Science, General Arts, Business and Visual Arts – will be picked for the award.
Canacoo explained that if the current winner excels again at the end of the academic year, she would automatically retain the award, adding “should somebody else come out tops, we would have no choice than to honour that person because the award is for the most brilliant female day student.”
Canacoo thanked the fund administrators to the headmaster, assistant headmaster and senior house master/mistress for their assistance in picking the winner, adding that the team would still count on their support in the years ahead.
In addition to the annual scholarship, the Louise Webb Excellence Fund will institute an annual prize for the Best Student in Business for levels 1, 2 and 3 students at the school’s annual Speech and Prize-Giving day.
He congratulated Stella Akpanglo for being the maiden winner of the scholarship and urged her to work harder during the rest of her stay in the school.
In a brief statement to show her appreciation, an emotional Akpanglo said she was grateful to God for the honour and prayed for long life and prosperity for Louise Webb.
She promised to work even harder in the current academic year to justify the confidence reposed in her.
Special to The Telegram by Emmanuel Amoako, a journalist in Ada, Ghana.
