President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has intervened in the case of the eight senior high school students of Chiana who have been dismissed by the Ghana Education Service (GES) for insulting the President.
This was after the President’s attention was drawn to it.
Consequently, the Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum has directed the GES to consider an alternative disciplinary action instead of dismissal.
The spokesperson for the Education Minister, Kwasi Kwarteng disclosed the latest development in a press statement dated Friday, January 13, 2023.
Background
The female students were dismissed by the GES for insulting President Akufo-Addo in a video they recorded and shared on social media.
The said students of the Chiana Senior High School in the Kassena Nankana West District of the Upper East Region and were suspended last year prior for using vulgar and unprintable words on the President.
A notice of their dismissal was sent to their parents by the Ghana Education Service. The GES say the move was to serve as a deterrent to other students.
They have been seen in another video apologising for their comments.
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