We sample all that it is concerning the school and we tell it all to you in text and graphics.
Rev. Bro. Dery Seregious
Provincial
superior of the F.I.C Brothers, Wa
We present to you a brief photo session of some of our students in Junior High School
Since the arrival of the brothers in 1965 in Kaleo (Ghana), the Brothers FIC had established and managed many schools at both basic, secondary and technical levels
At the basic levels, FIC has established and managed St. Gabriel Primary and Junior High School in Tumu, St. Andrews Primary and Junior High School in Wa, St. Mary’s Primary and Junior High in Tumu-Chinchang and St. Charles Lwanga Primary and Junior High in Zebilla.
At the secondary level, Nandom Senior High School was established by the Congregation in 1968. At the technical and vocational level, two schools were established; St. Johns vocational and technical institute in Nandom and St. Basilide Technical and Vocational Institute in Kaleo.
The Brothers have ever run a Prep School in which young boys were brought to boarding house for one year to assist them to write the Common Entrance Examination to enable them gain admissions into the secondary schools. It was another opportunity for many who otherwise could not have gotten secondary education. It is worth mentioning that all the above schools are not only functioning effectively, but also have excellent academic and moral records and have turned out many upright graduates who are morally trained and are making positive impact in society.All the above schools have been started to solve the needs of these people at their various locations.
The Brothers have ever run a Prep School in which young boys were brought to boarding house for one year to assist them to write the Common Entrance Examination to enable them gain admissions into the secondary schools. It was another opportunity for many who otherwise could not have gotten secondary education. It is worth mentioning that all the above schools are not only functioning effectively, but also have excellent academic and moral records and have turned out many upright graduates who are morally trained and are making positive impact in society.
All the above schools have been started to solve the needs of these people at their various locations. Basically, they were established to bring education to the less privilege in society and make them affordable to all children of school going age. Although some of these schools were normally started as private institutions, they subsequently became public schools with government-assisted status.Through our schools we offer our services to improve the living standard of the people. We believe that quality education can make people live healthily, happily and be able to serve God and neighbour.
Wherever we are as FIC Brothers we build schools to assist us in the formation of the youth. Through education and formation of the youth we are able to make a lot of impact in the church and society. The impact of our schools to the society are visible, our schools have produced teachers, doctors, lawyers, politicians and people in all walks of life.
Through our schools we offer our services to improve the living standard of the people. We believe that quality education can make people live healthily, happily and be able to serve God and neighbour. Wherever we are as FIC Brothers we build schools to assist us in the formation of the youth. Through education and formation of the youth we are able to make a lot of impact in the church and society. The impact of our schools to the society are visible, our schools have produced teachers, doctors, lawyers, politicians and people in all walks of life.
Our mission is to provide quality education, teaching and formation of the youth based on sound Catholic Christian morals and principles while following the approved Ghana Education Service Curriculum alongside coordinating co-curricular activities geared towards the holistic training of the youth.At the basic levels, FIC has established and managed St. Gabriel Primary and Junior High School in Tumu, St. Andrews Primary and Junior High School in Wa, St. Mary’s Primary and Junior High in Tumu-Chinchang and St. Charles Lwanga Primary and Junior High in Zebilla.
Article 10 of the FIC Brothers Constitutions says: (Called together and thus, sent out) As brothers we know ourselves to be called together and thus sent out to continue the work of Jesus. He went round doing good, he was a witness to the truth, he came to serve, he came to redeem, and he brought the liberation message of the kingdom of God as a message of love. He invites us to place ourselves completely in the service of this kingdomMotivated by the above article, we desire to continue with the good works of the liberation acts of JesusAs part of our service to God and humanity we try to identify the obstacles in life that mitigate against the worship of God and the total human development. Some of these obstacles identified are poverty, illiteracy, ignorance among others. We believe that through our charism: education, formation and teaching, some of these challenges will be mitigated in our society.
The brothers are looked at as pace setters because we are sensitive to the likely changes in the society in the near future and take advantage to prepare for it.It was anticipated that we needed a pure private boarding school at the basic level. Discussions on this started far back in 1997 in a small scale at the temporal professed brothers’ level.
It was only in 2006 that the discussion took a centre stage in one of our chapters. This was concluded in 2009 after a feasibility study was conducted. On the 16th September 2011 the first ever boarding private basic school for both boys and girls non-denominational, was eventually started in St. Louis using the structures that were formerly used for the formation of the brothers. Br Isidore Aabeisie first headmaster, Br. Irenius Nimbare Assistant headmaster, Br Joseph kyoore and Br. Hans van Wouwen were the first brothers to start the school.
Through our schools we offer our services to improve the living standard of the people. We believe that quality education can make people live healthily, happily and be able to serve God and neighbour. Wherever we are as FIC Brothers we build schools to assist us in the formation of the youth. Through education and formation of the youth we are able to make a lot of impact in the church and society. The impact of our schools to the society are visible. Our schools have produced teachers, doctors, lawyers, politicians and people in all walks of life.
First of all we have observed that the moral values in our society are diminishing and is getting worse but the public schools are not able to live up to expectations to correct these moral predicaments. Our own schools that have become public are difficult to manage due to some policies that do not give us the desired room to take up disciplinary measures. Sometimes, it becomes difficult for us to get headship to our schools. In some cases people of different faith are even sent to head our schools. Such heads sometimes deviate from the aim of the school.Establishing a private school will give us the liberty to include other activities and subjects like catechism of the Catholic Church which put the knowledge of God in children and instill the needed moral values in their lives.
Our schools being private, will not be bound by any bureaucracy or rules that are obstacles to our youth formation. Therefore we expect our products to be different from other children in terms of moral values such as respect, honesty, knowledge of God, discipline, hard work, among others.At the beginning of this school many parents were in search for good private schools and some had to send their children to Kumasi, Sunyani and beyond. As brothers we move according to the signs of the times. We felt there was the need in our society to provide such services in the region. We also have most of our brothers who are teachers retiring and can still contribute in the teaching instead of staying at home doing nothing. The private school will offer that opportunity.
Our financial stand is no longer strong enough for us to continue to build schools freely to the communities. We also don’t want to deny our society of what we can do. Therefore, we charge some fees to cover the running cost of the school. Again, many government officials when transferred to the region at that time would refused the transfer with the reason that they would not get good schools for their wards. Setting up a school of such model will attract qualified people in to the region and consequently contribute to the development of the region.Furthermore, the sound moral training is expected to benefit the church and the youth resulting in the promotion of religious and priestly vocations and good family life. Last but not the least, it will offer employment opportunity to many. At the moment the school has provided employment to over sixty-five workers
