News coming in from an informant indicates a teacher in Agogo state college has abused a student mercilessly, leading to bruises and deformation of the back of the student.
The continuous use of canes and the application of corporal punishment in schools have been struck out of the GES yet, it goes on in nearly all schools.
The message received by Ghanaeducation.org read, “The students of Agogo state college need your help. Please, the teachers are not doing what they are assigned to do. I know this will go nowhere but if you see a picture of a teacher damaged seriously say none!”
“What Agogo state college students are going through is not good at all the teachers are not doing the duties they are assigned to do instead the are treating us like animals we need your help Ghana government we are appealing to you please we need your help right away” the reporter stated.
The fact that such acts do unpunished by the Ghana Education Service (GES) sends a bad signal to students, parents, and the public about the commitment of the GES towards true discipline in our schools including teachers, and their adherence to the no corporal punishment in schools.
The message sent further admonished the public and the GES not to complain if students begin to retaliate to such barbaric acts if the GES fails to take proactive action. The message “I know this will go nowhere but if you see a picture of a teacher damaged seriously say none!” is rather unfortunate.
Usually, morning classes at Agogo State College start at 7:30 am. However, while students were still in their dormitory getting ready to leave for class at about 6:30 am, students started running out of their dormitory, and many others who were still getting dressed got confused. The teachers upon arriving at the dormitory told the students to kneel down. When the students tried to explain to them that it wasn’t time for lessons, the teachers according to our source started beating the learners harshly as though they (the students) were animals.
The end result of the presence of the teachers in the dormitory is what is portrayed in the images below.
At the time of the publication, information explaining the reasons behind the decision of the teacher in question to use corporal punishment as a punitive measure was not known. Ghanaeducation.org is following up on this developing story.
In a related development, a similar incident occurred in Annor Adjaye SHS on Monday’s day when students were abused mercilessly in school for failing to report for the Sunday Church service on time. Efforts by the Human Rights Reporters of Ghana to get the GES to act in line with its policies on corporal punishment have yielded no results.
READ: HRRG takes RTI path for GES response on Annor-Adjaye SHS brutalities
The GES has also failed to furnish the Human Rights Reporters of Ghana with reports on investigations and punitive measures taken by the GES.
The simple question is how many parents punish their wards this way and would the teachers who did this to these learners do the same to their wards at home?
Questions that remain unanswered are..
a. At what time should students be seated for the day’s lessons to start?
b. At what time should students be present for Assembly if any
c. What are the duties of school prefects in ensuring students get ready and report to class on time per the rules of the school?
d. Does the GES rules of no corporal punishment apply in Agogo State College?
e. Has the GES’s failure to deal with similar issues that occurred in Annor Adjaye SHS empowered teachers of like mind to abuse learners in the name of correcting them?
If you think this in normal, wait until your child is at the receiving end…
The GES does not seem to be living by its own rules and taking action to serve as a deterrent for teachers who are always abusing students in the name of correcting them.
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