The Ghana Education Service (GES) has directed the headmaster of Prempeh College in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region to rescind his decision to sack 51 first-year students.The students were dismissed by the headmaster, Samuel Fordjour, because of poor academic performance.
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GES calls back 51 students sacked for poor performance
The students were dismissed by the headmaster, Samuel Fordjour, because of poor academic performance.
Some other 112 students are also to re-write their exams to assess their chances of remaining in the school.
Authorities at Prempeh College had claimed that the underperforming students were denting the schools track record.
But in an interview with the Daily Graphic, the Director General of the GES Prof Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa said the affected students should be allowed to continue their education.He said that the GES has directed the school’s headmaster to immediately draw out remedial plans to support the affected students.Meanwhile, the Deputy Minister of Education Yaw Osei Adutwum is expected to meet the headmaster over the issue.
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