Young Ghanaian Artiste Graduates From Accra Academy After Taking His Last WASSCE Paper

• Righteous Vandyke, a young Ghanaian artiste has celebrated his completion of senior high school
• In a video, Vandyke, who won the 2019 Nsoromma reality show as a 14-year-old, popped champagne
• Friends and fans thronged the comments section of the video to congratulate the artist on his success
• YEN.com.gh spoke to Suleman Dadzie, an educationist and counsellor on what it means to celebrate an academic milestone

A young Ghanaian musical artiste known as Righteous Vandyke has graduated from the Accra Academy Boys Senior High School.

Moments after taking his last West Africa Senior Secondary Examination Certificate (WASSCE), Righteous Vandyke celebrated his academic success with his friends and family.

In a video sighted by YEN.com.gh, friends of the young artiste were captured pouring white powder on him upon his successful completion of three years of education at the second-cycle level.

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After the pouring of white powder, Righteous Vandyke and his friends popped champagne to celebrate on the campus of the Accra Academy Boys SHS.

Righteous Vandyke was the winner of the maiden edition of Adom TV’s Nsoromma contest in February 2019.

The young man, then 14 years old, won the competition at the National Theatre after competing against four other finalists.

"THANK YOU LORD. Thank you all family for your support and prayers. Congratulations to meee," he wrote in a caption of a video posted on TikTok.

Speaking to YEN.com.gh in an exclusive interview, Suleman Dadzie, an educationist and counsellor said people celebrate their academic achievement because of the because it brings them some level of prestige in society.

"People get excited because they think they have matured. Our society tends to treat senior high graduates quite differently from basic school graduates hence the feeling of maturity makes them excited," he explained.

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Netizens congratulate Righteous Vandyke

Netizens who follow Righteous Vandyke's TikTok page congratulated him upon coming across the video.

@Naomi said:

"Awwww congratulations dear, the way Nelisa get his back everytime is amazing."

@Abena_Afra also said:

"so simple oooooo this guy can't do it give it to the girl u say no boi."

@akuacute32 commented:

"Congratulations dear I cried when I saw this post when will I also go to school."

@RIGHTEOUS VANDYKE replied:

"It is well dear. Through it all, God has the final say."

@Afro Myra Starr Gh also commented:

"congratulations bro may God bless you and your family."

KASS students jubilate after last WASSCE paper

YEN.com.gh reported that some final-year students at Anglican Senior High School, Kumasi celebrated after writing the final WASSCE paper.

A video posted on @kass_src's TikTok page showed the moment one of the students, carrying a metal trunk, decided to lead their celebrations.

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However, many Ghanaian netizens in the video's comments section expressed unhappiness at the students deciding to be so destructive.

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

Source: YEN.com.gh