MY DAY OF PRIDE

Saturday October 22, 2011 was my day of pride as a citizen of Tapa-Amanya when in my over 35 years in life a good story was told about my little town in relation to education. A move away from the status quo. A great move away from those string of failures in BECE results.

I was a special guest at the Ntsumuru yam festival at Nkonya-Ntsumuru. Minutes after my short speech, the Director of Education's representative was invited to speak on the state of education in Biakoye. The speaker; one Apreko could simply be described as a great speaker. The man was up to the task. When he started speaking and giving the records, I was scared. When he mentioned Tapa-Amanya, I missed a heart beat but to my utmost surprise, he said, 'all students who wrote the BECE at Tapa Amanya passed and had schools, thus 100%'

Immediately, I was relieved of any pressure. Then I shouted, clap for my people. Fortunately, they responded with a thunderous clap. People from Amanya at the time with me at the festival were excited as well. BECE; 100%, we are excited. Why?

We are excited because events of the immediate past were not like this. Football matches stopped in the middle of the game because Amanya was losing. The flogging of friends because of games we lost and the acquisition of titles like 'patapaa', 'sheeshee' and the like as other neighbours usually refer to us give us cause to be excited about little things.

My joy grew bigger when I visited the wall of Tapa Nkosuo yesterday on facebook to read a discussion started by one Collins Dankwa. For another once, I think Collins touched on the right knob and all the contributors were excellent. What is missing in here is whether Collins and his friends meant what they were saying. It is hypocritical to preach virtue and practice vice. A call for a youth action requires youth support in endeavours that lead to the development of Tapa.

Now that you have started this debate, we can all call Tapaman to action and invite the youth to contribute meaningfully to the development of Tapa. I am all out for it what about you?