Akufo-Addo Directs Education Minister to begin talks on Revoking WASSCE ban on 14 Students

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo has directed the Minister of Education, Matthew Opoku Prempeh to engage the Ghana Education Service (GES), to reverse the ban placed on some 14 students from writing their West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).

The GES dismissed the 14 students in connection to recent acts of indiscipline and vandalism recorded during the conduct of the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).

GES also barred the students from writing the remaining West African Examinations Council (WAEC) exams.

But the President in a statement said the dismissal of the students alone was ‘enough punishment’ and will serve as deterrent to others.

He is thus hopeful that the students will be allowed by the GES to take their final examinations as scheduled.

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“Even though the acts of indiscipline undertaken by these students are intolerable, acts which have led to their subsequent dismissal from school, President AkufoAddo is of the firm view that dismissal alone is enough punishment, and will serve as enough deterrent against future acts of indiscipline,” a statement signed by the Director of Communications at the office of the President, Eugene Arhin said.

The President, however noted that “other punishment imposed by the relevant authorities should remain in place.”

The GES had in an ealrier statement said it would adopt a zero-tolerance approach to the recent disturbances in schools.

The GES implored parents to stop making pleas on behalf of their wards, but rather advise them to ‘maintain high sense of discipline to and comportment.’