A SPEECH PRESENTED BY THE OUTGOING SENIOR PREFECT LEADER OF THE “NGONGE – ETA” REGIME ON THE OCCASSION OF THE 28^TH GRADUATION - PRIZE AWARD CEREMONY ON FRIDAY THE

30^TH OF MAY, 2008.

The Senior Divisional Officer for Fako,

The Divisional Officer for Limbe Central,

The Lord Mayor of Limbe I, II & III Councils,

The Provincial Delegate of Secondary Education,

The Divisional Delegate of Secondary Education,

The Principals,

The Chairman of the S.M.B and the P.T.A President,

All Protocol: Respected,

The Staff and Students,

Ladies and Gentlemen.

       It is with profound gratitude that we the outgoing students of Form five and Upper sixth Honoured today, acknowledge your presence and love. When we started five and seven years ago respectively, we thought it will be for ever. Little did we realize that the magic of time and efforts of our teachers let the days go by unnoticed, and today, we are living witnesses of another phase in our lives?

       As the senior prefect of the graduating class ,I must say all had not been smooth with us .We have gone through laborious moments ,battling with school rules and regulations we did not in anyway relent our efforts and so were able to break through.

       We the laureates have always had a dream: to break through in flying colours and we shall stop at nothing to see the dream come true. The poor mock results not withstanding, we solemnly promise that this batch we leave behind as legacy, success that will be resounded beyond the realms of the nation.

        Ladies and gentlemen, we will like to use this opportunity to say thank you to our parents, the food sellers and most especially the almighty God for making us part of this great academic institution “The School of Reference”.

         Teaching and learning go with a lot of activities. We know we have surely hurt you in the process especially at this time when youths aspire to greatness even blindly. We have on many occasions failed to meet your expectations .Do bear with us and accept our apologies. We ask you to excuse our behavior as youthful exubearance.We wish to acknowledge that the shoulders can never grow above the head. Let us stand up like one person to achieve our success. I therefore on behalf of the student I represent, promise that we will change our negative attitudes and give you the support you  need to carry on this academic process.We ask you to continue to take care of our junior ones. Above all, we say thank you for your moral and financial support.

          Ladies and gentlemen, one way to show someone you passed by is to leave footprints. To this effect, being the batch with the shortest regime, we had some marvelous achievements. The batch won trophies in many extracurricular activities such as in basketball, football, school debates and traditional dances. We witness the presence of some members of  Government High School ex-students association of the University of Buea branch who gave some orientations to students of the upper sixth form on choosing a career and the requirements needed to get into various departments in that University. We also say thank you to the government of Cameroon for providing funds to continue the construction work on the science laboratory. We hope history will hold that our batch was the last to go to down beach for practical classes.Again, we hope the P.T.A will continue the construction of the administrative block and more classrooms to meet the need of the ever growing population of the school especially, now that we foresee five streams per class. Dear Parents, we know we are asking for too many things but a famous proverb goes thus “a mother cannot stop singing until the child stops crying”. We are crying for a school bus for it is very necessary at this time. We found it difficult last year to transport students to take part in sporting activities; excursions and field trips without a standby bus. In like manner, conveying students who fell sick to the hospital. I will also use this opportunity to plead with you parents to ensure that your children feed well before coming to school so as to enable them follow their lessons properly. We want to thank you in advance because we know you have taken keen note and will react in your normal positive manner to these request .Thank you.

        On behalf of the graduating classes, I extend my sympathy to our friends and classmates who are not graduating with us today for one reason or the other. I hope they will learn from this one act that insolence never pays. On a more serious note, I employ my classmates to be of good conduct as we start the writing exercise next week, for in order to achieve our goal we need to appear in our correct school attire, be punctual and ensure that we are in possession of all our writing materials for the examination .Dear friends, do not forget to be at the right place, at the right time and doing the right thing. As we leave this place today, we know the seeds of our leadership qualities have been sown here. We promise to be good ambassadors of our Alma matter and no matter what comes our way success will surely be ours.

         Special thanks go to our mentor, our counselor, our strong hold, our spiritual guide and above all our mother “Mama Eyere Takor” for all the support. Words alone cannot express our gratitude towards to your efforts in administering this great institution. May the Almighty God bless you and your entire family. Ones more ladies and gentlemen, you are welcome and at the same time goodbye.

                           Long live the Graduating batch

                           Long live Government High School Limbe

                           Long live the Ministry of Secondary Education

                           Long live the Republic of Cameroon.

Published vendredi 30 mai 2008