The Ghana Education Service (GES) has took a bold position by interdicting eleven senior high school headteachers from the Greater Accra, Ashanti, and Bono Regions.
This action is being taken in response to their alleged involvement in charging new students unlawful fees. The GES has launched detailed investigations into the actions of these principals, focusing on the problem of unlawful fees.
Selina Anane Afoakwa, the head of Kumasi Girls High School, Andrews Boateng, the head of Kumasi Senior High Technical School, Daniel Boamah Duku, the head of Agric Nzema Community SHS, Gladys Sarfowah, the head of Nkawie Senior High Technical School, Ampong Ahmed Omar, the head of Collins SHS, Afi Yaw Stephen, the head of Odomaseman Senior High School, Joseph Jilinjeh Abudu, the headmaster of Odomaseman Senior High School, Nadia Lartechoe Annan, the headmaster of O’Reilly Senior High School, and Patience Naki Mensah, the headmaster of Ghana Senior High School are among the affected headteachers.
These headteachers have been charged by the GES of charging pupils a variety of unauthorized expenses, including as those related to house dues, books, calculators, the admissions procedure, and the printing of paperwork, files, and hymn books.
This latest prohibition on the selling of goods to students is part of a trend of comparable measures taken in the Eastern and Greater Accra regions.
Particularly, it was instructed that Afi Yaw Stephen and Joseph Jilinjeh Abudu move aside in order to sell products that were not approved, such “Borla fees,” “motivation fees,” “lunch bag” charges, and GHC45 for hymn books, brown khaki, etc.
The headmistress of O’Reilly SHS, Nadia Lartechoe Annan, has been told to step down while an inquiry into the unlawful gathering of funds during the admissions process is conducted. This conduct is against the school’s code of conduct, according to the GES.
In a same vein, endurance Due to accusations that she illegally sold ceremonial cloth, tracksuits, and other products to Form One students who were enrolled in the school, Naki Mensah, the headmistress of Ghana Senior High School, has been requested to resign.
She is instructed to step away during this time by the GES, who also highlights the necessity of additional inquiry into the purported sale of objects. The corresponding letters are December 6, 2023, and December 7, 2023.
This decisive action on the part of the GES highlights its dedication to guaranteeing transparent and equitable learning environments for students in all regions. As the GES keeps working to address problems with unapproved fees and the selling of goods at senior high schools, more updates on the investigations are expected.
