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Reports of teacher assault on the
increase - Coalition
Kumasi, July 3, Ghanadot/GNA – There has
been increasing reported cases of harassment and
intimidation of teachers by some communities in the Ahafo
Ano North District, the Ghana National Education Coalition
Campaign (GNECC) said.
In a report at its meeting held in Kumasi, GNECC said in
certain instances, the teachers were assaulted by members of
the community who accused them of seducing their wives.
Others also leveled defilement charges against the teachers
for which they attacked them.
The report mentioned some of the communities as Nyameadom,
Tepa, Subriso Katapei, Nyameadom and Abonsuaso.
The coalition is working in collaboration with the Ghana
Education Service (GES) to provide free quality basic
education for all children of school-going age through
advocacy.
Addressing the meeting, Mr. Richard Owusu-Agyemang, head of
Public Relations at the Ashanti Regional Education Office,
said GES was committed to building a systematic approach to
assist organizations and individuals to play major role in
the regeneration of schools.
Mr. Owusu-Agyemang advised the coalition to strengthen its
structures, systems and human skills to enable it better
define and achieve the objectives of the new education
reform.
In a resolution, the GNECC lauded the government’s school
feeding programme and suggested that food quality should not
only be improved but the programme should be extended to all
schools throughout the country.
It called for the timely release of the capitation grant to
basic schools to enable teachers adequately prepare their
teaching and learning materials for classes.
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