President Akufo-Addo has directed the Minister for Education, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, to engage the Ghana Education Service (GES) to reconsider its decision to dismiss some fourteen students who exhibited untoward behaviours in the ongoing West African Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).
The President believes every individual deserves a second chance in life after an initial mistake, and, as such, same could be given to these children who went wayward. It is the hope of President Akufo-Addo that these students would be given the second chance by the GES to take their final examinations as scheduled.
These were contained in a statement signed and issued yesterday by the Director of Communications at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin.
The four paragraphed statement reads: “The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has directed the Minister for Education, Hon. Mathew Opoku Prempeh, to engage the Ghana Education Service (GES) to reconsider its decision to ban some fourteen dismissed final year senior high school students from taking the ongoing WASSCE.
“Even though the acts of indiscipline undertaken by these students are intolerable, acts which have led to their subsequent dismissal from school, President Akufo-Addo is of the firm view that dismissal alone is enough punishment, and will serve as enough deterrent against future acts of indiscipline.
“The President believes that everyone deserves a second chance in life, and is thus, hopeful that the students will be allowed by the GES to take their final examinations as scheduled.”
The students, who were affected, are Simon Ameyibor (Senior Prefect), Thomas Anokye and Miss Juliet Amoakowaa of the Tweneboah Koduah SHS.
Others are Emmanuel Ashiangmor, Peter Sissi, Ameka Nyamitse, Shadrack Dailtey and Alfred Attiso of the Battor SHS.
Nicholas Cobbinah, Kardimeil Suapim, and John K. Wofie of Sekondi College.
Solomon Brako, Albert Agyekum, and Robert Inkoom of the Juaben SHS.
The teachers are Thomas Anokye of Tweneboah Kodua SHS, Joseph Andoh of Sekondi College, and Evans Yeboah of the Kade Senior High and Technical School.
All the three teachers have been referred to the security agencies for further investigations.
A press statement dated August 7, 2020, signed and issued by the Director-General of the GES, Professor Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa, said “results of these students [those surcharged] will be withheld till they have fully paid up the full cost of the items destroyed.”
It added that all acts of vandalism and other criminal acts should be reported to the security agencies for further investigation and follow-up actions.
The statement said: “These punishments are without prejudice to sanctions that may be taken by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC),” explaining that those measures were necessary to ensure that students appreciate the significance of good conduct and discipline in their actions.
The statement said the directive was to serve as deterrence and to ensure that life and property were protected in the schools.
Meanwhile, Jubilee House, in the statement yesterday, noted that “indeed, all other punishment imposed by the relevant authorities should remain in place.”
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