The Member of Parliament for Atwima Kwawoma Constituency in the Ashanti Region of Ghana and the Chairman of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Gender and Children, Dr. Kojo Appiah-Kubi, has called for an investigation into the current happenings at Ejisuman Senior High School. In the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
Dr. Kojo Appiah-Kubi wants the authorities of the school, especially the headmistress, to investigate how a group of students was able to sneak phones into the boarding house despite the fact that mobile phones are not allowed in the boarding house.
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Reacting to the issue on Onua FM’s Yen Sempa hosted by Bright Kwasi Asempa, Dr. Appiah-Kubi hailed the decision of the school to expel the students but urged the school to allow the students to write their final year examination.
“The school may not be doing their supervisory work effectively and we need to investigate how [the girls] got the phones because the school had a similar challenge in 2017,” he explained.
He said: “How they mobilized themselves is also strange and it needs further investigations. But I am happy the school has taken such action for further investigations. They should be allowed to come and write their exams”.
The Gender and Children Committee Chairman added that “how they got the mobile phones must be investigated. How they got the internet or data must be investigated because there are some lapses on [the part of] somebody. We need to investigate the lapses. The house mistress or master must be questioned”.
Counseling
Dr. Appiah-Kubi called on the Ghana Education Service and the Ministry of Education to ensure counseling in schools is effective.
“The counseling in schools must be rekindled. Every school must be careful about this because it is a danger to the children.”
By Kweku Antwi-Otoo|3news.com|
