The Ghana Education Service (GES) has directed the headmaster of Prempeh College at Kumasi in the Ashanti Region to rescind his decision to sack 51 first-year students.
Reports earlier indicated that some 51 Form 1 students who were repeated because they failed in the previous terminal exam were asked to go home since the school could not accommodate them by charging fees, following the implementation of the Free SHS policy.Â
Some other 112 students are also to re-write their exams to assess their chances of remaining in the school. The Authorities at Prempeh College claim the underperforming students are denting the school's track record.
Director General of the GES, Prof Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa said the affected students should be allowed to continue their education since the GES has asked the school’s headmaster to immediately draw out remedial plans to support the affected students.
Meanwhile, Deputy Minister of Education Yaw Osei Adutwum is expected to meet the headmaster over the issue.
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The Public Relations Officer (PRO) for the GES, Rev. Jonathan Bettey urged parents and students to remain calm.
“The Ministry of Education has invited the Prempeh College headmaster to sit down with them to see how best the issue can be resolved.
â€The headmaster is yet to meet the Deputy Minister of Education, so we are assuring the public and the parents that they should exercise some restraint and be patient enough till we resolve this issue… The headmaster will explain why he did that. We are not saying they should sack children but those are measures to motivate children to also sit up so we should also bear with the headmasters as we are thinking about the welfare of the children,†Rev Bettey stated.
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