Adopt proper procedures to solve grievances
The Greater Accra Regional Director of Education, Mrs Elizabeth A. De-Souza, has advised students to follow laid-down procedures when seeking solutions to their grievances.
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She said resorting to violent acts when trying to solve grievances did not help, as students destroyed the already inadequate infrastructure of schools during such acts.
Mrs De-Souza said this at the inauguration of a 13-member board of governors for Ada Senior High Technical School at Sege in the Ada West District.
The board, which is chaired by Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Joshua Dogbeda (retd), took over from the old board which was headed by Mrs Gloria Ocansey.
The regional director of education implored teachers and school administrations to instill discipline in their students in order to prevent them from engaging in violent acts on the various campuses.
On the composition of the board, Mrs De-Souza explained that the constitution was a legal requirement for institutions under the 1969 Educational Act, act 87.
She added that the board was made up of a representative of the Director-General of Education, two members of the old students association, two representatives of historical interest, and the Regional Director of Education.
Other members are: the district director of education, head of the school, a parent-teacher association (PTA) representative, as well as two representatives of the social services committee from the district assembly.
Speaking at the event, the District Chief Executive of Ada West, Mr Anthony Klokpah, reiterated the call on the Ministry of Education and the Ghana Education Service to reintroduce Religious and Moral Education as a subject in basic and secondary schools. He said the scraping of the subject had done more harm than good to the moral upbringing of students.
According to him, when the subject was part of the curriculum, it helped in moulding the character of students.
Mr Klokpah said it was unfortunate that policy makers had scraped the subject from the curriculum. He, therefore, pleaded with them and other stakeholders to reconsider adding the subject to the curriculum.
For his part, Mr Obodai Torgbor, headmaster of the school, said the school, which commenced on February 22, 1991, with 110 students, now had a population of 2,006, which comprised 1,169 boys and 837 girls.
He also said even though the school was developing fast, it was bedeviled with some challenges including lack of an assembly hall, inadequate accommodation for teachers and students and absence of school vehicles.
ACP Dogbeda (retd) promised to collaborate with the school administration and other stakeholders to improve the school, both academically and in the area of infrastructure.
The Ada West District Assembly also handed over a 12-seater KVIP toilet facility worth GH¢51,000 to the school.
Source: GNA