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Executive Director of the TreasureHunt Education, Mr Joseph Appah has described as an unfortunate the misbehaviour of some groups of Senior High School students during the WASSCE 2020 period.

According to him, It is ill-fated situation to see students feel aggrieved, vandalise school properties and say unprintable words against the President of the Republic just because they felt the examination did not meet their expectations.

“Most of these students who engaged in these unruly behaviours have just turned eighteen (18) and are expected to act responsibly after their three (3) years of senior high education”, the Executive Director rebuked in a statement copied to Peacefmonline.com.

“TreasureHunt Education joins other bodies and individuals to condemn these acts of vandalism and insubordination displayed by the students. Inasmuch as confidence in expressing ones opinion is an excellent virtue to cultivate, it must be exercised with decency”, he added.

He therefore made a clarion call on the Ministry of Education to take advantage of the unfortunate situation to reflect on the country’s educational system, devoid of its current state of over-reliance on examinations.

“In the wake of this situation, it is important to rethink our educational system and make it devoid of its current state of over-reliance on examinations. The Ministry of Education and the Ghana Education Service need to do more work to inject an education of ethics and decency into the curriculum”, he suggested.

Mr Joseph Appah is of the view that the sector ministry, service and other affiliate bodies can devise some other creative ways of assessing students to get the best out of them; charging all the stakeholders in the education sector to work to improve the status quo.

“Our students must be guided to understand that education is intended to bring out their talents and potentials. Education is to make them find who they truly are. In using the tools of education to achieve these purposes, it is critical to note that as the melodious chirp of the morning bird is not taught, so are the talents of humans that flow”.

“It is, therefore, worthy of note that our in-born potentials may be realised anyway. However, education refines the potentials, talents and who we become. This purpose of education should settle our view of it”, the statement read.

He however urged parents and guardians to ensure that their learners cultivate the necessary decency through socialisation at home. He again implored the religious bodies to focus on giving some ethical education to the children.

“The nation can benefit from improved education we give our children now and posterity. To the misbehaviour of students, we say never again”, he stressed.