JHS teacher sacked over alleged attempt to rape female student

The information available to Ghanaeducation.org indicates that the Ghana Education Service (GES) has sacked a JHS teacher over an alleged attempt to rape a female student.

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has interdicted a teacher at Dakpema M/A Junior High School (JHS) in Tamale for allegedly sexually assaulting a final year girl student, according to Graphic.

The former government Junior High School (JHS) teacher, identified as Mr Imoro Eliasu, allegedly led the young female student into the office to have sexual intercourse with her, but the female pupil violently refused.

GES Directive: JHS teacher sacked by GES over alleged attempt to rape a female student

On the direction of the Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Prof Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa, the Northern Regional Director, Dr. Peter Attafuah, has ordered the teacher’s removal from the service immediately.
Mr. Eliasu has been granted police inquiry bail awaiting further investigations for prosecution by the Northern Regional Office of the Domestic Violence & Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU).

The teacher’s interdiction was directed by the Northern Regional Director, Dr Peter Attafuah on the advice of the Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Prof Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa.

“Your alleged misconduct of sexual assault on the student is against the code of conduct of GES as it was subsequently reported to the police for investigation and prosecution. You have therefore been interdicted,” a letter to Imoro stated.

According to the female student, whose identity has been concealed for unknown reasons, his former instructor, Mr. Imoro Eliasu, reportedly discharged some substance suspected to be semen on her.

Mr. Amatus D Tug-uu, the Tamale Metropolitan Director of GES, told the newspaper that the victim reported the event to a female teacher at the school, who, along with the headmaster, reported the crime to the police.

The woman was transported to the hospital for medical assessment, according to the GES Metropolitan Director, and the substance released on her was said to be semen, which implied that she was sexually attacked.

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In a statement to the news portal, police said that the immediate past Ghana Education Service personnel had been charged with sexual assault and had subsequently been granted police inquiry bail by the court, awaiting further investigations.