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NOTRE DAME SHS CELEBRATES 50 YEARS May 22, 2010 BY PETER ATOGEWE WEDAM ISD-BOLGATANGA MUNICIPAL The Notre Dame Seminary Senior High School which is an all-boys school located in Navrongo in the Upper East region, has formally launched its golden jubilee under the theme “Notre Dame @ 50: The citadel of quality education in Northern Ghana”. Some Catholic missionaries led by Very Rev. Father Arman Lebel established the Notre Dame Seminary Senior High School on 8th July, 1960. Subsequently, 31 students were admitted in September of the same year marking the start of academic work at the school. The Rector of Notre Dame, Father Francis Kodilogo in his report revealed that the Navrongo-Bolgatanga Diocese of the Catholic Church managed the school all the while until in 1990 when financial constraints compelled the authorities to apply for government assistance and thus the school finally got absorbed into the public system in 1996. Father Kodilogo however observed that

NaYAD IS BORN May 03, 2010 BY PETER ATOGEWE WEDAM ISD-BOLGATANGA MUNICIPAL A non-partisan and non-religious youth group, the Navrongo Youth Agenda for Development [NaYAD] which was formed on December 13, 2009 has been officially inaugurated in Navrongo, capital of the Kassena-Nankana East district of the Upper East region. The inauguration was under the theme: “Development, a collective responsibility of all”. The youth group has the overriding goal of collaborating with the district assembly and other key stakeholders to propel development in the area. The group seeks to achieve the above through fostering peace among people in the district, promotion of democracy, accountability and good governance, promotion of education, health, agriculture etc. and the creation of a platform for the youth to realize and utilize their leadership potentials. The Executive Director of NaYAD, Mr. Amos Ayuure noted in a speech that Navrongo has produced and nurtured