The maiden edition of ‘Time with Kingsley Agyemang Series’ to mentor students in all Senior High schools (SHS) in the Abuakwa South District was climaxed on Sunday, November 6, 2022.
The event brought together all second-circle institutions in the Abuakwa South District to meet with seasoned mentors who took them through a thought-provoking encounter on building confidence and aspiring to higher heights.
In all, six senior high schools in the district which include, Abuakwa State College, Apedwa Senior High, Kibi Senior High/Technical, Akyem Asafo Senior High, St Stephens Senior High and Kibi Technical School had lectures from resourced persons from diverse backgrounds on the need to aim high in education.
The encounter is to help students build confidence, shape characters and raise their aspirations through this mentoring and coaching seminar.
This laudable exercise offered students the privileged to meet solid mentors including Dr Benedicta Naa Suma Nii Laryeafio (Medical Doctor), Dr Fred Appoh (CEO of REAMC Engineering Consult Ltd, UK), Dr Stella Agyemang Duah (Research Scientist, Ghana Atomic Energy Commission), Mr Kwabena Ampofo Appiah (MD, State Housing Company), Mr Kwame Prempeh (Deputy CEO, Public Procurement Authority) and Dr Eric Ashalley (Nanoscience and Technology Research Scientist, CSIR-IIR).
The rest are, Mr Kofi Asenso (Procurement and Supply Chain Professional), Ms Amma Frimponmaa Esq. (MD, SIC Savings and Loans), Mr Kojo Yankah, Head, CEO’s office at the Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development Corporation), Dr Gifty Oware (Deputy Executive Director, National Service Secretariat), Mr Ekow Essuman (Legal Counsel to the President), Mr Kwadwo Baah Agyemang (CEO, Ghana Digital Centre) and Mr Kofi Nkansah Ofosu (CEO-NEIP) all contributing to the series.
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Scholarship Secretariat and the brain behind the initiative, Dr Kingsley Agyemang, encouraged the students to have a positive mindset which is critical in everything they do.
“Therefore, if you put fear in the mind, you exhibit fear. If you put positivity in the mind, you exhibit positivity. Everything starts and ends with the mindset. What you feed your mind with is very, very important,” he stressed.
Dr Agyemang expressed his appreciation to the Municipal Education Directorate of the GES and the management of the various schools.
He stressed the need to empower the youth through nurturing for the development of Ghana tomorrow and urged students to take their studies seriously to enable them to take up the leadership mantle of the country in the future.