The Navrongo Senior High School (NAVASCO) in the Upper East Region last Saturday held its Annual Speech and Prize Giving Day with a call on the school to uphold the values of integrity, self-control, punctuality, respect for rules and authority, ad­herence to standards of behaviour.

The Upper East Regional Minister, Dr Hafiz Ibn Salih, an old student, said NAVASCO had remained a pacesetter in "shap­ing minds, modeling characters, transforming lives and producing leaders" whose contributions to the development of the country and the African continent cannot be over emphasised. • Old students, teaching staff and current students Speaking on the theme: 'Disci­pline, a pre-requisite for transfor­mational education and leadership' he pointed out that though many of the students were talented, "without discipline they could go nowhere, because success was the result of disciplined effort over time." "NAVASCO has a proud history of churning out leaders who have excelled within the public and private sectors of this country and beyond," he added.

Global President and Sakpe Naa Alariba receiving chairs donated by the Old NAVASCAN Accra branch Consequently, he paid a glowing tributes to the founding fathers of this great school for their foresight and maintaining the momentum and standards over the years, the novel and unique folio system of identification that identified every student who passed through the school with a unique number.

The regional minister who made donations to his alma mater, noted that he was thrilled about the theme because in his own journey as a student and in his professional life, he had come to realise that discipline was the foundation and hallmark upon which every great achievement was built.