The Kumasi Wesley Girls High School (K-Wey Gey Hey), a second-cycle institution has held it’s first-ever matriculation ceremony in Kumasi.
In all, a total of 700 students were admitted to read various programmes like science, business, general arts and vocational studies in the school.
Addressing the gathering, Mrs Esi Oduro-Asante, Headmistress of K-Wey Gey Hey, commended the fresh students for their sterling performance in the Basic Education Certificate Examination which enabled them to gain admission into the school.
Mrs Oduro-Asante said after taking the matriculation oath all first year students shall be deemed to have satisfied all the conditions attached to the school and thus be considered as full members of the institution.
She said the school, as a Methodist mission school, existed to fulfill some functions including serving the needs of the community, church and state.
Mrs Oduro-Asante said it also seeks to promote intellectual development for academic excellence as well as offer the needed education that would churn out physically sound individuals.
She, therefore, expressed the hope that the historic occasion would inspire and motivate the girls to study hard to go beyond the secondary level of education.
In a brief exhortation, Very Rev Okontomene Mensah Bonsu, the Ashanti Regional Manager of the Methodist Education Unit, admonished the fresh students to count themselves highly blessed to gain admission into the great school.
Very Rev Mensah Bonsu told the students that it was important to allow what is in the school to pass through them, rather than they merely passing through the school adding that "respect the rules and regulations of the school and let discipline be your watchword, so that you will leave the school with flying colours".
The Regional Manager also urged the school authorities and parents to do all in their power, to ensure that the students had a fruitful stay in the school.
Also present at the brief but impressive ceremony were Mr Anthony Dumfeh, Mrs Faustina Sekyere, Assistant Heads of Academic and Administration respectively, Rev Mrs Paulina Pieterson, the School's Chaplain, heads of other institutions, parents, past students and members of the general public.