Beatrice Lokko

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Beatrice Ablah Lokko
Born
Beatrice Ablah Awadzi

(1949-09-06)6 September 1949
Accra
Died(2010-01-10)10 January 2010 (aged 60)
Nationality Ghanaian
Education Mfantsiman Girls Secondary School
Alma mater University of Ghana
Occupation schoolteacher
Known forHeadmistress of Accra Academy
SpouseChristian Barnor Lokko
Children4

Beatrice Ablah Lokko (6 September 1949 - 10 January 2010) [1] was a Ghanaian teacher who was headmistress of Accra Academy from 1997 to 2005. [2] [3] She was an assistant headmistress from 1990 to 1996 to V. B. Freeman and became acting headmistress in 1996, after Freeman retired. She was later selected and appointed to the role, making her the first woman to become headmistress of the school on permanent basis.

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Early life

Lokko was born on 6 September 1949. Her parents were Julius Kwashie Awadzi and Agnes Boli Awadzi. [3] She attended Mfantsiman Girls Secondary School at Saltpond between 1963 and 1970 where she obtained her Ordinary and Advanced Level Certificates of Education. She was admitted into the University of Ghana in 1970 and graduated with a B. A. in English in 1973. [2]

Career

In 1973, Lokko was posted to the Accra Academy to do her National Service. In 1974 she was appointed a permanent teacher of English in the school after her service. For the next seven years, she taught in Accra Academy as a tutor of English Literature. In 1981, Lokko was appointed the Head of the English Department of the school, a position she held until 1990 when she was appointed the Assistant Headmistress, Administration to the then headmaster V. B. Freeman. She occupied this position until 1996 when V. B. Freeman went on retirement. [2]  

In 1996 she was appointed the acting headmistress for Accra Academy, [4] and later appointed the substantive headmaster in 1997, becoming the first woman and non-old student to head Accra Academy. [5] During  her headship of Accra Academy, she occupied the positions of Greater Accra Regional Chairperson of the Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) and subsequently National Treasurer of CHASS. [1] Lokko gave attention to fencing off the school compound from encroachment. [6] She also supported her students to raise funds for the National Cardiothoracic Centre in 1997. [7]

In 2005, Lokko handed over the position of headmaster to Samuel Ofori-Adjei and left Accra Academy. [3]  

After her exit from Accra Academy, she occupied other positions in the Ghana Education Service at different times. These include becoming the district director of education in the Gomoa District in the Central Region, the district director of education for Akuapem-South in the Eastern Region and the acting headmistress of St. Martin's Secondary School, Adoagyiri in Nsawam. In the period of serving as a district director of education, Lokko became a campaigner on child rights issues and HIV AIDs. [8] [9] [10] In September 2010, Lokko went on retirement from the Ghana Education Service. [5]

Personal life

She was married to Christian Barnor Lokko. She met Christian at the Accra Academy where he was a teacher. [2]

Death

Lokko died on Tuesday 10 January 2010. She was buried in Accra on 23 February 2010. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Ransford Tetteh, ed. (19 February 2010). "Mrs. Beatrice Ablah Lokko (nee Awadzi) aged 60". Daily Graphic (18155): 43.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Ransford Tetteh, ed. (20 February 2010). "Mrs Beatrice Lokko passes on". Daily Graphic (18156): 11.
  3. 1 2 3 Simon Ontoyin (2021). "Beatrice Lokko (Biography)". Accra Aca Bleoo: The History of the Accra Academy from James Town to Bubiashie. Sub-Saharan Publishers. pp. 690–692. ASIN   B09KS8FS2Z.
  4. ↑ "Accra Academy Holds Speech Day". ghanaweb.com. 30 October 1997.
  5. 1 2 GNA. "Former headmaster of Accra Academy is dead". peacefmonline.com. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2010..
  6. ↑ GNA (26 July 1999). "GES to protect school lands from encroachers". modernghana.com. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  7. ↑ Elvis D. Aryeh, ed. (13 December 1997). "Accra Academy assists Cardio Centre". Daily Graphic (14623).
  8. ↑ Yaw Boadu-Ayeboafoh, ed. (20 December 2005). "AIDS patients must empower themselves". Daily Graphic (149616): 14.
  9. ↑ Yaw Boadu-Ayeboafoh, ed. (23 February 2006). "Enforce children's right law". Daily Graphic (149671): 21.
  10. ↑ Yaw Boadu-Ayeboafoh, ed. (14 October 2005). "Stop schoolchildren from working on farms, quarries". Daily Graphic (149459): 11.


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