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Asantehene deplores mobile phone use in schools
Dadease (Ash), March 31, Ghanadot/GNA –
Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the Asantehene, on Saturday bemoaned
the indiscriminate use of mobile phones by students in
second-cycle institutions in the country.
He observed that “The rampant use of mobile phones among
students in second-cycle institutions is a great worry as
most of them engage in free night calls and sleep during the
day when classes are in progress.”
Otumfuo Osei Tutu said this development could have a
long-term negative effect on the students’ examination
results and educational development.
The Asantehene said these in a speech read on his behalf at
the silver jubilee celebration of the Dadease Agricultural
Senior High School that on the theme “Equal Opportunities
and Self-Confidence is Equal to Excellence,” near Kumawu in
the Sekyere-Afram Plains District.
He tasked school authorities to enforce the Ghana Education
Service (GES) regulation on the use of mobile phones on
campuses to the letter to help improve the situation.
Otumfuo Osei Tutu reminded students that they constituted an
important component of the nation’s human resource base and
should concentrate on their studies to justify the
investment being made in their education.
The Asantehene asked the students against drug abuse, sexual
promiscuity, indecent dressing and examination malpractices.
He gave the assurance that he would include Dadease
Agricultural Senior High School in the list of schools
benefiting from the Otumfuo Education Fund in view of the
many challenges facing the school.
Mrs Belinda Serwaa Addo, Ashanti Regional Director of
Education, advised teachers to abide by the code of ethics
of the teaching profession in the discharge of their duties.
Mr Paul Dwobeng, headmaster of the school, said the
population of the school had increased from 86 in 2002 to
736 in 2008, saying in spite of the fact that the school was
under-resourced it had made modest gains in its examination
results over the years.
GNA
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