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The Ghana Education Service (GES) has sacked two Senior High School headmasters for extorting money from students despite strict directives from the Ministry of Education not to do so.
A statement signed by the Director General of the GES, Prof Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa, on Thursday said the two headmasters: Mr Biasu Wisdom of Pentecost SHS and Assistant Headmaster of Daffour SHS, Rev. S.P. Elewokor are ‘relieved’ of their post.
The headmaster of Duffour SHS, Mr. S.C.K Agbakey, will be reprimanded for failing to supervise his subordinate the statement further indicated.
Meanwhile, seven others are to be interdicted pending further investigations into the allegation against them.
During a panel discussion on Radio Gold’s "Alhaji and Alhaji" Saturday, Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr described as ‘unfair’ and ‘repugnant’ the dismissal of the headmasters.
“I find it extremely unfair because over the past weeks, they (headmasters) have been begging for guidelines…what should we charge and what we should not charge and so on… as at today the guidelines have not been given to them so why won't they make mistakes and if they make mistake why dismiss them…I can't believe it...how is it a crime for headmasters to ask parents to pay hostel fees? (if they don’t get accommodation in the school?”) he quizzed.
According to him, "we were trying to talk to one of the affected headmasters and he told us that he's been warned by the ministry not to speak; you have sacked the person and then you say he can't speak; what kind of society are we building? I find this extremely repugnant...it is just an attempt to create the impression that those who are complaining about the implementation of this programme are just saboteurs. I have heard people call the headmasters corrupt, lazy, thieves. What is the basis for calling them thieves...I think they are just being used as scapegoats and are just being treated unfairly.”
Source: Rebecca Addo Tetteh/Peacefmonline.com
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Pratt is just a twerp.
hmmm Africa where are we heading towards, when its wrong you cannot critizised....some children are sleeping in classrooms and dining halls in some of the shs and parent volunteerd to help and its a crime oh wow
Pratt is working hard to remain relevant in the country. His paymasters are gone and his soup bowl is now dry so he must try other ways to be heard.
Everybody knows your against this policy. We don't care either is fair or not fair for sacking them. You can go to hell or you can pack your things and leave the country. Hypocrite!!
When a certain Deputy Minister of Agriculture said something "unpleasant",, he was pressured to resign by the opposition, but when civil servant fall foul of the law and punished accordingly some people consider that unacceptable. Hypocrisy at its best!!!!!!
I see why you support Pratt. The number of mistakes in your short comment alone tells me you're devoid of brain cells.
pratt is just an attention seeker. I assure you that if Pratt was president. He will be a tyrant and do the same things he accuses others of doing.
If there are no guidelines, how come only these few unscrupulous head teachers decided to charge unapproved fees. This is simple logic that Mr Pratt has decided to ignore to further his agenda. Truth is, his great fear is that Nana Addo will exceed Nkrumah's accomplishments.
Kwasi Pratt u are the best journalist in Ghana. Those who are commenting which of you have seen blue print for free shs. Learn and stop being ignorance.
This flagship program by the npp can receive all the criticism but the program will still run.Look at the utterances of Kwesi Pratt on peacefm and radio gold.There is soo much inconsistencies.