President of NAGRAT, Angel Carbonu
The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has declared that if the Ghana Education Service (GES) does not address the increasing number of threats and acts of violence against teachers in schools throughout the nation, it would launch a series of activities on June 1, 2025.
In an interview on Citi FM on Thursday, May 22, 2025, NAGRAT President Angel Carbonu emphasized the importance of self-defense in increasingly dangerous school settings.
“The first order of life is self-preservation. If someone can arm himself and harm me, I should be able to come to school armed,” Carbonu is quoted as saying in a report by citinewsroom.com.
He added that educators are willing to take matters into their own hands if needed.
“We will have to protect ourselves. We will have to make sure that no stupid student kills us in the line of our duty,” he stated.
His remarks come after a number of unsettling instances where kids have physically attacked or threatened teachers, instances that have raised national concerns about school safety and discipline.
NAGRAT, which warns that further inaction could have dire repercussions, has harshly condemned the government and GES for what it calls a pathetic response to these concerns. In order to protect instructors nationwide, the association is demanding swift action.
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