His Majesty Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin, the overlord of Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Council (AATC), has called for the immediate closure of Bright Senior High School (SHS), a private Senior High School within the jurisdiction of the Council.
He has further called on the Eastern Regional Police Commander to arrest Mr. Bright Amponsah, the proprietor of the School, for immediate prosecution.
Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin is also demanding thorough investigation into the operations of Bright SHS over the last decade, with particular concern with its dealings with certain officers from the West African Examination Council (WAEC).
This was contained in a press statement dated August 10, 2020 signed by D.M. Ofori-Atta,
State Secretary and copied the Minister of Education, The Director General of
Ghana Education Service, the Director General, West African Examinations Council and
Eastern Regional Police Commander, Koforidua.
According to Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin, it is a well-considered opinion of AATC to hold up to its responsibility in relation to the affairs of Bright Senior High School, situated at Kukurantumi in the Abuakwa North District of the Eastern Region.
According to him, the statement is provoked by the incident of examination fraud of grave consequence in direct relation to the assault of Mr. Gyan Mensah and Damolie Emmanuel Pacome, an official of the West African Examination Council and a reporter of the Daily Graphic respectively, in their lawful duties to insist on a fair conduct of WASSCE examination.
The tough-spoken overlord of the area indicated that, the assault was instigated and ordered under the misdirection of Bright Amponsah, the proprietor of the School, who has over the past decade allegedly engaged in ultra-commercial and profiteering aims, which runs against the established interest of the educational policy and integrity of public examination.
“The above is not an isolated incident, it confirms several reports of corrupt and exploitative motive of Bright Senior High School”, he stressed.
Expressing serious concern over the incident, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin averred that his outfit attaches serious importance to this matter, following the illustrative and evidential significance on bribery of certain officers of the West African Examination Council over the past decade.
He buttressed his argument that, “the situation is proven by the honesty of Mr. Gyan Mensah who decided not to bow to the filthy temple of indecency and corruption”.
“It has become evident that 90% of graduands of the Bright SHS drop out of public universities in their first year due to their lack of ability to meet the intellectual and academic demands of tertiary institutions”, he pointed out.
The Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Council is most concerned with the fact of the abuse and degradation of its young mind and regrettably is unable to tolerate this situation with its corresponding liberal attitude of public authorities on this matter as radical deviation from responsible attitude in terms of enforcement of public policy.
Hitting hard on the activities of the school, the statement noted that Bright SHS, in terms of admission process and curriculum is in violation of all the protocols and regulatory measures of the Ghana Education Service, a situation he claims to have been proven without doubt.
On humanitarian grounds and fatherly consideration, the Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Council will assist in the rehabilitation of affected students; this is in consideration of their immediate and best interest.
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