Ras Aswad Nkrabeah, who happens
to be the father of a young man who has been placed at Achimota School by the
Computerized School Placement System has taken to Facebook to bitterly complain
about the treatment, the school has meted out to him.
According to his post seen by zionfelix.net, the school has
allegedly denied his brilliant soon admission simply because he has dreadlocks.
He also disclosed in the post on
his Facebook page that apart from his son, another child was denied admission
into the prestigious public school by authorities of the school for the same
reason.
Ras Aswad Nkrabeah adds that
this is very shockingly and frustrating because the 1992 constitution of Ghana
allows people like his son to have that freedom of association with regards to
culture.
His full post reads:
“Fellow Comrades and Friends,
This morning, the school authorities of Achimota School
claimed that their rules do not allow students with dreadlocks to be admitted.
The school authorities denied two brilliant dreadlock students from being admitted
after having been posted there by the Computer School Placement System. My son
was one of the affected children and the other student was also refused on the
same grounds. We have no option but to battle against this gross human right
violation.
As a child he has every right to
his culture in so far as such culture do not breach the 1992 Constitution. He
equally deserves the right to access education within his culture just like
other cultural believers. As a Rastafarian, I think that dreadlocks do no way
cause any harm which should even be a basis to be asserted by the school
authorities.
The fundamental questions to ask
is what does our law say about right to one’s culture? Do you deny a child
access to education based on his/her culture? Do public school rules override
the supreme law of the land?
Tomorrow I will be on TV3 to
share some light. Will give update on time.
Thank you for the Solidarity.
Ras Aswad Nkrabeah”
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