WASSCE: Students Shed Tears As They Bid Farewell To Favourite Teacher, Video Evokes Joy

WASSCE: Students Shed Tears As They Bid Farewell To Favourite Teacher, Video Evokes Joy

  • The reactions of some final-year students after they wrote their final paper in the WASSCE have gone viral
  • They were seen shedding tears as they thanked their teacher for the support he had given them all
  • Many people who thronged the comments section have celebrated the teacher for his commitment

Some students of Achiase Senior High School could not contain their excitement after they successfully completed their last paper for the 2024 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).

Their joy soon gave way to sorrow as one of their teachers showed up after they wrote the exam to congratulate them and bid them farewell.

Photo of a Ghanaian teacher at Achiase SHS interacting with his students after the WASSCE.
Achiase SHS students get emotional as they bid farewell to their teacher after the WASSCE. Photo credit: @achisec_src/TikTok
Source: TikTok

When the students saw him approaching, they rushed to embrace him, a show of gratitude for his support and tutelage over the four years.

Some students began to shed tears as they bid farewell to the teacher, who was identified as Sir Baafi.

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The adorable video, which highlighted the bond the students shared with the teacher, had raked in over 5,000 likes at the time of writing the report.

Watch the video below:

Set realistic goals

YEN.com.gh reached out to the School Counselor and Dean of Students in Charge of Discipline at Asuansi Technical Institute, Mr Suleman Dadzie for a comment on what meant for these students.

In a message to the fresh SHS graduates, Mr Dadzie admonished them to be measured and set realistic goals that would aid in their progression.

"I will urge them to set specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and time-bound targets and goals. This would serve as a conduit through which they can achieve future goals. It would direct their paths and set the tone for future endeavours".

Ghanaians celebrate Achiase SHS teacher

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Netizens who took to the comments section of the video celebrated the teacher for being good to the final-year students.

QUEEN ADEPAH commented:

"l wish my son will get good father like this."

ELLA WHYWORRY stated:

"Sir Baafi may you live long life and health"

PAGES BWOY$ added:

"He is the one who took care of me when I was in school I have to fine a way to surprise him."

BLACKIE wrote:

"Aww pls help me with the title of the song wai."

Erphiyah planta added:

"God bless this man for me."

Semencia reacted:

"This man will do all his best just to make you learn at the beginning you will think she doesn’t like you but later you will know he is a good man."

Boy bids emotional farewell to classmate

Earlier, YEN.com.gh reported that two final-year students are trending after a video of them surfaced online.

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One of the students was heard pleading with his classmate never to forget about him as they prepared to part.

He said his appeal was because they would be soon heading home to face the realities of life beyond school.

Proofread by Bruce Douglas, senior copy editor at YEN.com.gh

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Philip Boateng Kessie (Human-Interest editor) Philip Boateng Kessie started writing for YEN.com.gh in 2022 and is the Head of the Human Interest desk. He has over six years of experience in journalism and graduated from the University of Cape Coast in 2018 with a bachelor's degree in Communication Studies. Philip previously served as a reporter for Graphic Communications Group Limited (GCGL) and as a content writer for Scooper News. He has a certificate in Google News Initiative News Lab courses in Advanced Digital Reporting and Fighting Misinformation. Email: philip.kessie@yen.com.gh.