The Ghana Education Service (GES) has established a five-member committee to investigate the circumstances surrounding the assault of a female student at Kumasi Academy (KUMACA).
The committee, formed on Thursday, August 15 has been given one week to present its findings and recommendations for further action.
The investigation follows the emergence of a disturbing video that has gone viral on social media, showing several students from the school violently assaulting the final-year female student.
According to reports, a security guard involved in the act has been arrested and is assisting with investigations.
The Asokore Mampong municipal education director Samson Anawine Atogembero who has condemned the incident, confirmed that the victim has been identified and provided with medical treatment.
“It is unfortunate and disturbing”, the director said.
“I see it as an abuse of a girl child, so we’ve taken the necessary measures and so the security man has been arrested by the police… We’ve formed a committee to investigate this matter and also identify the boys involved. Now the girl is calm. She was sent to the health centre and her parents have been informed”.