The venue was Calton Swiss Hotel, Independence layout, Enugu and the event was the inaugural global convention of the Anglican Girls Grammar School Awkunanaw (AGGSA).
The three- day programme which brought together old girls of the school from all over the world from the set of 1962 came under the theme: “Integrity as a fundamental principle in girl child education’’
The attendees x-rayed the importance of integrating and instilling the values of integrity in the training of the girl child.
They also considered critical role these values play in empowering young girls and fostering their development in the society.
Speaking at the event which also featured a fund raising ceremony aimed at providing ICT lab for the students, global president of AGGSA old girls’ Enugu, Azogini Achebe-
stressed the need for girls to have strong moral values which according to her would enable them live descent life .
Iwuamadi who is a legal practitioner regretted that some women in the governance lacked integrity, adding that most of them are now more corrupt than men.
To her, when girls are properly trained, they will grow up to become women of integrity that will bring about positive changes in their families and the nation at large.
On the global convention which was the first in its series, the president described it as a unique gathering that aimed to nurture sister hood among the members of the association spread across the globe.
Giving a brief history of the school, she said: “the school was the brainchild of Anglican Women of Enugu Diocese (AWENU) with the support of the Anglican Church it was founded in the year 1962. It started on 15 March 1962 with twenty-nine students. Later two more students joined to make a total of thirty- one students. The school had both academic and non-academic staff.
“In 1971 the school’s name was changed to Girls’ High School Awkunanaw and then again to Girls’ Grammar School, Awkunanaw, Enugu in 2006.
”In 2009, the school was handed back to the education board of the Anglican Diocese of Enugu as a mission school and the name reverted to Anglican Girls Grammar School, Awkunanaw (AGGSA).
‘’It is heartwarming to state that under the charge of late Joy O Muo and her staff, in 1965 the students recorded 100 percent performance in their first attempt at WASC. The school has continued to maintain this scholastic excellence.
‘’The school has progressed to a higher and successful level, in the areas of academic excellence and establishment of infrastructures and equipment.’’
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However, she revealed that various old girls of the school have religiously undertaken and sponsored projects in the school so as to ensure that the school continues and progresses in line with its mission statement and measure up to modern standards.
Speaking on the theme of the convention, “Integrity as a fundamental principle in girl child education’’, chairman convention planning committee, Mary Rose Ngige Nwadike, advocated for the inclusion of the theme of the convention in to school curriculum.
According to her when girls are taught from secondary school on the importance of integrity it forms part of their lives.
”We know that the society is bad, there is no role model, no accountability, there is corruption still we must try if we do not try at all it is going to be disastrous, so we will try, do our best, we can get some to inculcate those values of integrity , respect honest, fairness, trust worthy, courage’’.
On her part, Rhona Nwamaka Eze-Dimude appealed to women who are in leadership position to lead by example.
On his part, Nicholas Ude, who spoke at a church service that ended the three–day convention lauded the old girls for all the projects they have embarked on towards the development of the school.
