By: Robert Ayanful
Students in senior high schools across the country have been urged to refrain from acts of hooliganism and vandalism which have become rife in recent times.
Mr. Elias Arthur, Headmaster of Nyakrom Senior High Technical School told the media in an interview during the 69th Independence Day celebration at Agona Nyakrom in the Agona West Constituency in the Central Region that such acts have dire consequences.
He stressed that the development of the country should be a matter of grave concern not only to the schools, but the entire society as a whole.
According to him, inter-schools sporting competitions serve as a platform where talents are unearthed and nurtured and also an opportunity for students to associate with their counterparts from other schools but not opportunity to show strength.
Mr. Arthur explained that such events has helped produce greater sportsmen and women who have placed Ghana’s name on the world map.
In the Central Region alone, more than four of such incidents were recorded during this year’s inter-schools games across the region leading to the ban of the events in the region.
Such negative tendencies has been blamed on the ban of corporal punishment in schools which was said to have been introduced by the erstwhile Kufuor-led New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration.
Since the introduction of the ban of punishment of students, the incidents of violence is gradually becoming a common norm among students often leading to the destruction of school properties.
Some students of Swedru School of Business attacked and beat up a student of Obrachire Senior High School during the inter-schools games at Agona Swedru recently.
The situation has since raised concern of indiscipline among students in second cycle institutions with majority of Ghanaians blaming it on the ban of punishment of students, not only in secondary schools, but basic schools as well. Enditem
Source: Ghana Eye Report
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