The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has commended the Upper East Regional Minister, Donatus Akamugri Atanga, for temporarily shutting down Zuarungu Senior High School to allow investigations into violent student clashes on campus.
The closure follows some confrontations on Sunday, July 20, 2025, between Frafra and Kusasi students over the alleged theft of a mobile phone.
The altercation escalated into an ethnic-fuelled brawl, resulting in the burning of school structures and widespread tension across the school community.
Speaking to Citi News, on July 21, 2025, GNAT’s General Secretary, Thomas Musah, commended the minister’s decision, indicating that the temporary closure was essential to de-escalate the situation and safeguard lives and property.
“There are things you do not joke with; religion, culture, ethnicity, and other related matters. These are emotional things; they are not rational things. What we are hearing was some kind of ethnic violence, and I think that the best thing is what the minister has done to cool tempers, and then later they regroup them again,” he said.
Zuarungu SHS shut down after violent student clashes