Members of the Parent-Teacher Association of the Ghana Secondary Technical School (GSTS) in Takoradi have honoured a 17-year-old immediate past student of the school, Mickail Hassan. Hassan was honoured for being the 2014 best candidate of the West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE), both in Ghana and West Africa. Master Hassan who resides in the Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis, made the entire nation and his alma mater proud by emerging as the best 2014 WASSCE student in West Africa.

He also emerged as the best General Science student together with his younger brother Hassan Nurulhaq, and one other student in the same school, Prince Edmund Ainoo. For their prizes, the three former GSTS students were given undisclosed amount of money and a certificate by the PTA at a brief ceremony. The three had already received several awards, including scholarships to further their respective tertiary education.

Later in an interview, Mickail Hassan attributed his achievement to being God-fearing, discipline and hard work and encouraged all students to be guided by those three in all their endeavours. Chairman of the PTA, Timothy Ebo Essandoh, called on parents to be responsible in the provision of the basic needs of their wards in the school.

He also appealed to past students of GSTS, home and abroad to come to the aid of their alma-mater with the needed support. Regional News of Wednesday, 24 June 2015