UE observe 56th Independence Day with parade

Story: Benjamin Xornam Glover, Bolgatanga The Upper East Regional celebrations of the 56th Independent anniversary started exactly 8:00am with 180 security personnel drawn from the Ghana Police Service, Prisons Service, Ghana National Fire Service, Ghana Revenue Authority(Customs Division) and the Ghana Immigration Service. 2,007 pupils and students from basic and second cycle institutions in the Bolgatanga Municipality were on parade to mark the occasion. The contingent of the security personnel on parade under the command of ASP, Mr Abdul Jaleel Saeed, students and pupils, including army cadet corps of the Bolgatanga Technical Institute and the Police Cadet Corps from Zamse Senior High Technical Schools treated the audience to slow and quick march past to the admiration of the large crowd, who gathered at the St. Johns Park defying the hot scorching sun to mark the celebration. In attendance was the Upper East Regional Police band who provided music for the occasion. There was also a Gynastic displays by pupils from Bolgatanga Model Preparatory school and a Taekwando performance. The Municipal Chief Executive for Bolgatanga, Mr Edward Ayagle read the President's anniversary address. In a welcoming address, the Regional Director of Education, Mr Paul Apanga in a speech read on his behalf bemoaned the continuos decline in performance of students at the BECE level and disclosed that the Director General of GES is equalling saddened at the situation and has requested a research to be conducted into the causes of the continued decline in the BECE especially in the three Northern Regions and proposed possible remedies to stem the decline. -end-