Reverse Connel’s unfair interdiction or… - APSUnians tell GES
The St. Augustine's Past Students Union (APSU) has asked the Ghana Education Service to rescind its interdiction of the headmaster of the college, Mr Joseph Connel, with immediate effect.
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The Union is threatening a number of actions with far reaching consequences including “a boycott of activities and programmes of the College”, “a suspension of support to the College” and “a boycott of all Ghana Education Service supervised programmes”, should the GES stick to its decision.
Mr Joseph Connel was interdicted last week by the GES for allegedly charging an unapproved sum of GH¢435 as parent-teacher association (PTA) levy.
But APSU says the interdiction is grossly unfair and violated laid down procedures as well as rules of natural justice.
The Board of Directors of the College have similarly condemned the GES action and called for the headmaster’s re-instatement.
“The Union is in full agreement with the Governing Board's letter of 17th October 2016, in response to the GES directive. We therefore call upon the GES to urgently rescind its decision on Mr. Connel.
“If the GES remains adamant we are confident that the Union's consideration of a boycott of activities and programmes of the College, will be understood. If the situation is not sanitized, the Union may consider a suspension of support to the College. This could include a boycott of all Ghana Education Service supervised programmes until the unfair interdiction is reversed.
“That proposal is scheduled to be discussed shortly. If pursued, these actions by APSU could have far-reaching consequences, as the Union remains a major financial contributor to the development of the College. Such an action has the potential of derailing many years of diligent work and stifling participation of APSUnians from student-centred activities such as the mentorship and counselling programme and the repercussions of such actions are not far-fetched.”
APSU maintained that it stands in solidarity with the headmaster, who it said “is doing a fantastic job as is verifiable from the academic and other records. The synergy and collaboration between the headmaster and the Union is at its best, resulting in increased financial, technical, and moral support from the Union.”