FRANCO TOPS THEM ALL (PAGE 39)

THE Saint Francis College of Education (FRANCO) at Hohoe has obtained the highest performance in the first Diploma in Basic Education course in the country.
The programme was introduced at the beginning of the 2004/05 academic year with the first batch of students completing their course in July, last year.
Out of a total of 8,132 trainees who completed the course in the 38 teacher training colleges nationwide, 235 of them passed out at FRANCO.
No candidate in the country obtained first class pass. Thirty-four students had second class upper division, four of whom came from FRANCO, while 69, out of the 805 candidates who obtained second class lower division were also from the college.
In the third class division, out of a total number of 3,690 candidates, FRANCO had 113 while 44 of the 3,192 students who had ordinary pass, came from the college.
The Principal of FRANCO, Mr Dennis Agbenuvor, revealed this to the Daily Graphic at Hohoe.
He said the college also took the third position in the maiden edition of spelling competition for training college students, taking home a 21-inch colour television set and a set of assorted dictionaries.
The principal commended the staff of the college for their serious attitude towards work.
He said an internet facility had been established in the college to enable students access the web.
Mr Agbenuvor mentioned some challenges hampering the smooth academic work at the institution, such as lack of a library, toilet facilities, and residential accommodation, stressing that only 13 out of the 42 members of staff had accommodation on the campus.
The principal appealed to stakeholders, old students and benevolent associations for assistance in order to produce highly trained teachers.