Four out of the seven Senior High School (SHS) headteachers who were suspended on allegations of collecting unauthorized fees in the Ashanti Region are scheduled to appear before an investigative committee today. Zakaria Suleman Yeboah, the Regional Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS), revealed this in an interview with Citi News in Accra.
Mr. Yeboah expressed confidence that the ongoing investigations would uncover the truth in the matter, emphasizing the importance of cooperation from the affected headteachers.
“I cannot say whether the items stated against them are right or not. I have met my members, and we have spoken at length, and they have given me their side of the story, so I hope that the committee sitting will help us unravel some of the issues at stake,” he stated.
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The Ghana Education Service (GES) has, so far, interdicted a total of 11 headteachers in the Greater Accra, Bono, and Ashanti regions in connection with irregularities in the admission process for first-year SHS students.
This action is related to the alleged collection of unauthorized fees from students, contrary to the directives from GES. The unauthorized fees include payments for sewn anniversary cloth, house dues, book sales, calculator sales, and the sale of anniversary cloth, among others.
The headteachers affected by the suspension are Selina Anane Afoakwa of Kumasi Girls, Nathaniel Asamoah Asanteman, Andrews Boateng of Kumasi Senior High Technical School, and Kwadwo Obeng-Appiah of Manso Adubia. The remaining three are Daniel Boamah Duku of Agric Nzema Community, Gladys Sarfowah of Nkawie, and Ampong Omar Ahmed of Collins SHS.
