The Ministry of
Education has directed the Ghana Education Service to recall the two students
at the centre of the assault case at Adisadel College.
Other students
who were suspended for failing to report the case despite witnessing
it have also been reinstated.
The Deputy
Education Minister, Reverend John Ntim Fordjour who paid a visit to the school
says psychosocial support is being administered to the students in the video
while the assaulted victim is being treated at the hospital.
Speaking to the
media after he visited the school, the Deputy Education Minister directed the
school authorities to cooperate with law enforcement agencies in other not to
obstruct justice.
The Minister has
also directed that a final report on the matter be made ready for further
action.
“The victim in
the video is responding to treatment at the hospital, and medical officers say
he is well. The Ministry has also reversed the initial decision where the
students in the video were suspended since they are going to write their final
exams soon. This can be traumatizing for the students involved, so we have also
deployed a team of psychologists to treat students who were in the video,” the
Deputy Education Minister said.
“We have also
directed the school authorities to corporate with security agencies to ensure
that justice is served in the matter. This will inform further action. But we
are also demanding a final report on the matter and this will direct us on
measures that will be taken going forward. Interestingly, this is not a case
where a senior is bullying a junior, since they are all colleagues. The issues
of code of discipline will be enforced going forward” the Deputy Education
Minister said.
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