Minister for Education, Haruna Iddrisu
The Minister for Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has instructed the Ghana Education Service (GES) to take immediate steps to restore discipline in senior high schools nationwide.
He expressed concern about what he described as a troubling breakdown in discipline within the country’s educational institutions.
Speaking to school heads during a meeting in Sunyani, in the Bono Region, the minister cited a recent shooting incident at the SDA Senior High School in Kumasi as a glaring example of the growing indiscipline in schools.
Referencing the incident, he remarked that it “leaves much to be desired” and called for urgent reforms.
Haruna Iddrisu further emphasized that the GES Director-General, Professor Ernest Kofi Davis, has the full backing of the government to implement necessary reforms to curb violent behavior and instill discipline in schools.
“He has our full policy support to enforce those directives. So, the ‘un-Ghanaian’ development of shooting in Kumasi, the Director-General of the GES has the full support of the government to strengthen your inspection efforts so that guns, knives, and other violent tools are not found in our schools,” he stated.
This statement follows various petitions from education associations in Ghana expressing concern over the lack of discipline in second-cycle institutions.