GNAT calls for Arrest of Students who Assault Teachers During WASSCE
Jonas Danquah 
The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has called on authorities to arrest and penalize students who assault its members facilitating the ongoing examinations in senior high schools across the country.
According to the President of GNAT, Philipa Larson, reports of threats of assault on teachers over the West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) is worrying and must be nipped in the bud.
This follows disturbances perpetrated by some students over what some describe of strict supervision.
For instance, students of Ndewura Jakpa Senior High Technical in Damongo in the West Gonja Municipality have reportedly vandalised school’s properties in protest against the 1.5-meter social distancing sitting in the examination hall.
On Thursday also, students of Bright Senior High School at Kukurantumi in the Eastern Region attacked officials of the West African Examination Council (WAEC) supervising the exercise.
.A journalist with the Daily Graphic in the Region who had gone to the school to report has also been assaulted by the students leaving him with severe injuries.
Some students also claim the past questions distributed by government did not reflect in the final paper, contributing to the rationale behind the pockets of vandalism recorded in schools in parts of the country.
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Speaking to Accra based 'Joynews', the GNAT President described the rate of reports as unprecedented adding that “the fact that government has provided you with past questions doesn’t mean they will come and answer the questions for you.”
On the threats of attacks, Philipa Larson said it was criminal and called on the Ghana Education Service the police to arrest perpetrators.
“I would want the GES and other security agencies will have to come in and arrest people they have to arrest because threat is also criminal. We will not sit down for our member to be threatened,” she told Evans Mensah August 4.
