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Chief Executive Officer of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA), Mr. Kofi Baah Agyepong has told students of the Kumasi Senior High School, his alma mater, and all Senior High School students across the country to be motivated by themselves and be inspired by the lives of successful old students.

Addressing a large gathering of students and some old students of the Kumasi Senior High School on the school's careers and guidance day on Thursday, Mr Agyepong recounted his days back in the day on campus.

According to Mr. Agyepong, he resolved to make his course the choicest and became passionate about reading, communication and journalism from his early days on the 'Toronto desert' as the school is affectionately called.

He was mindful of his pursuit of an exemplary future and pursued that with all passion even in the midst of youthful exuberance that characterized student life in his day on the campus of Kumasi High school.

The CEO urged the students to mindful of the stress their parents and government have gone through to put them to this stage of their academic ladder and reward their parents by making the requisite grades through hard work and studious lifestyle.

"It is obvious that you may never meet some of the people you are sitting by here, for the rest of life, and so inasmuch as bonding and networking is as equally important, do not be guided by negative attitudes of friends, but focus on excelling and becoming successful in life. It is the only way, the school will recognize and invite you back", Mr. Kofi Agyepong said.

The Assistant Registrar at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Mr. Festus Nyame, who is an old student of Kumasi Senior High School, had early on taken the students through courses offered by the Universities, new trends of education and some additional relevant skills they should pursue.

As an old student, he also shared his experiences in the school.

Headmaster of the school, Mr. Bernard Hall-Baidoo, also addressing the gathering, reiterated that aside the classroom engagement; the most important assets in the world of work and career paths are positive attitudes, dedication, selflessness and hard work.

Mr. Hall-Baidoo eulogized Mr. Agyepong and Mr. Festus Nyame for their outstanding work to the development of Ghana and their immense contributions to their alma mater.

He also thanked the Career and Guidance Coordinator of the school, Mrs. Lydia Martins, for putting together such a remarkable programme together with the Students Representative Council.

Other guests who attended the function included the Director of Corporate Affairs for YEA, Emmanuel Kwasi Afriyie, Lawyer Ernest Opoku Nti, also from YEA, Akwasi Apraku Agyepong, an old student, and a host of other old students and dignitaries.