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Professor George Oduro, the Pro Vice Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast (UCC), has called on all stakeholders of education to involved themselves with the youth as they interacted on the social media.

They should also be prepared to listen and offer corrections and suggestions in a more affable manner than being authoritative and punitive.

Prof Oduro said this at the 16th Speech and Prize Giving Day and launch of the 30th anniversary celebration of the University Junior High School in Cape Coast over the weekend.

He said the media, especially social media was a powerful and universal tool with many positives and negatives but it must be used wisely to benefit the entire society.

"Let us not make social media a scapegoat, social media will exist whether we like it or not but let us train our youth to take the good it has to offer while avoiding the ugly”, he said.

Research has shown that students spent greater part of their time on the internet and this could be the reason for the rampant cheating in examination and low performances in schools because students were no more learning as expected, he said

Mrs Kate Frimpong, the head teacher of the school, said the school by dint of hard work, had made enviable strides and was more determined to achieve its vision of becoming the best and preferred model school in the Central Region.

She said the school’s Stream “A’ maintained its first position on the 2015 Regional Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) performance league table followed by “B” while the School “C” and ‘D” placed 6th and 34th respectively out of 94 schools.

Mrs Frimpong said 238 students were presented for the 2016 BECE and expressed the hope that they would continue the success story.

She said the President's overall best BECE student, boys category in the Region was won by Master Kofi Boakye Oduro and this earned the School's 13th presidential award.

Mrs Frimpong said the school had recorded its highest population of 761 made up 387 males and 374 females, in its history and expressed worry that, the increasing number of enrolment had resulted in overcrowded classrooms.

Funds were therefore being raised to construct a new ultra-modern classroom block and called for support of all.

Mr Jeff Taye Onyame, Director of Academics, University of Cape Coast (UCC), said the increase in use of social media had both negative and positive impacts and called on education stakeholders to be concern and ensure that students get the best out of social media usage.