The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has called on authorities to arrest students who perpetrate violence against its members facilitating the ongoing examinations in senior high schools across the country.
Gleaned information available is that there had been reports of threats of assault on teachers over the West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) is worrying and must be nipped in the bud.
This follows disturbances perpetrated by some students over what
some describe of strict supervision.
On
Thursday, students of Bright Senior High School at Kukurantumi in the Eastern
Region attacked officials of the West African Examination Council (WAEC)
supervising the exercise.
A journalist
with the Daily Graphic in the Region who had gone to the school to report has
also been assaulted by the students leaving him with severe injuries.
Final
year students of the Tweneboa Kodua Senior High School in the Ashanti
Region rioted on August 3 which resulted in the destruction of property
during the writing of the WASSCE Integrated Science paper.
Some students
also claim the past questions distributed by the government did not reflect in the
final paper, contributing to the rationale behind the pockets of vandalism
recorded in schools in parts of the country.
Speaking on
PM Express, the GNAT President described the rate of reports as unprecedented
adding that “the fact that government has provided you with past questions
doesn’t mean they will come and answer the questions for you.”
On the
threats of attacks, Philipa Larson said it was criminal and called on Ghana
Education Service the police to arrest perpetrators.
“I would want
the GES and other security agencies will have to come in and arrest people they
have to arrest because threat is also criminal. We will not sit down for our
member to be threatened,” she told Evans Mensah August 4.
Meanwhile,
the Ghana Education Service (GES) has directed school authorities to
deboardenise any student established to have been involved in any of the
protects and acts of vandalism during the period.
The GES Director-General,
Prof Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa in a statement noted that any destruction of school
property should be surcharged against students found guilty of the riot adding
that criminal acts committed should be reported to the police for
investigation.
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