Headmaster Of Fijai SHS Interdicted For Allegedly Collecting Illegal Fees

The headmaster of Fijai Senior High School in the Western region has been interdicted by the Ghana Education Service for allegedly collecting illegal fees from students.

According to GES, the headmaster who goes by the name Mr. Agbomadze is to handover the administration of the school to the Western Regional Director of Education. Investigation into his alleged fees collection has begun and it’s said to take a maximum of two weeks to decide his fate.

Management of Ghana Education Service(GES) has interdicted Mr. Kenneth
Agbomadze, Headmaster of Fijai Senior High School with immediate effect, pending further investigation into an aleged collection of llegal fees in the school. Mr. Agbomadze is to handover the administration of the school to the Western Regional Director of Education.
The investigative committee has been given two weeks to submit its report to
Management.

Since the inception of the Free Senior High school education in Ghana, government has made it clear that no student is to be charged any fee in school. All expenses has been taken care of by the government of Ghana. However, some school heads do find a way to impose some amount of money on students to pay. Mr. Agbomadze is allegedly parts of such headmasters who is now suspended till further notice.

About Fijai SHS

Fijai Senior High School Sekondi was established as a result of the 1951 Accelerated Plan for Education of the Government. The inauguration was done by Nana Kobina Nketsiah IV the Omanhene of the Essikado Traditional Area on 29 January 1952 and formal classes began on 30 January 1952.

The school began as Sekondi Day Secondary School and was located at Sekondi Old Hospital premises, the area now occupied by the West Africa Examinations Council.

The school started with 32 boys and 6 girls and reached 48 boys and 12 girls at the end of the first year. It started with a pioneer staff of four (4) namely:

Mr. Charles Quaye (plucked from Mfantsipim) as the Headmaster; Mr. Samuel Bentsi-Amissah, Mr. S.B. Ofori and Mr. Timothy Ansah. These full-time teachers were supported by three (3) part-time expatriate teachers.