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He went on to say that his school willing and ready to give back to society what its derive from them,  adding that the mentally affected people are part of the society, therefore should be given the necessary care and encouragement they deserve.

He encouraged staff of the Mental home to make good use of the donation and that his doors are always open to them whenever they need arises.

Speaking about the school’s 10th anniversary celebration, the proprietor of the school said his school had made so many successes over the years, especially in the academic arena.

Joseph was proud to say that his school had always provided 100% excellence in both the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) and the West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), adding that Fatmata Bah recently secured the second best result in the country at WASSCE, with 4As while Blessing A. Kamara scored aggregate 7 at the recently released BECE result. He maintained that every year the West African Examination Council mentioned the name of his school amongst schools that performed excellently in public exams.

 Disclosing the secret behind the successes of his school, Bangura stated that hard work, absolute commitment and very good administrative skills are the secret behind the successes of his school. He further explained that his school is the only school in the country that print and give out all materials needed by pupils for free of cost basis. 

He furthered that teachers only go to class to explain the notes to pupils, adding that his school teachers are professionals ranging from graduates and masters degree holders with only one HTC holder. “We engage the pupils to read in school for two hours every day immediately after school because we believe that most do not have time to read their notes at home” he added

Bangura however highlighted the late payment of fees by some parents as a major challenge faced by his school. He therefore encouraged parents who are in the habit of doing late payments to deviate from such as the school only source of income is the school fees.

He said that the school has excellent relationship with parents and its environs, while adding that the success of the school is as a result of the awesome cooperation of the school’s surrounding community people.

He furthered that his school is one of the schools that gives scholarship to pupils that score 350 and above at the National Primary School Examination and aggregate 6 to 10 at the Basic Education Certificate Examination. “Our kids are well disciplined that is why you don’t see them on the street like other pupils from other schools” he stressed. The proprietor ended by saying that his school has one of the best labs in the country adding that his school would be  introducing projector teaching in the school for the 2017 /2018 academic year.

The 10th anniversary celebration of the school was climax by different performances from both teachers and pupils of the school.

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