The Minister for Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has issued a stern warning against inappropriate hairstyles and dressing among students in the various second-cycle institutions across the country.
The Minister, speaking at the 75th Anniversary celebration of Mawuli Senior High School in Ho on Saturday, October 25, urged the Ghana Education Service (GES) and school heads to take full control of student behavior on campus.
His comments directly addressed the growing public debate over allowing female students to keep long hair.
“There is an ongoing debate in social media about haircuts—size and length of hairs in secondary schools; we will not tolerate it today, we will not tolerate it tomorrow so long as we are moulding character,” he warned.
Minister Iddrisu emphasized that maintaining discipline is crucial for character development. “If we give in to hair today, tomorrow it will be shoes, and the next day, it will be the way they dress. Therefore, as part of our disciplinary measures, headmasters and GES, you are accordingly empowered to take full control of how students behave,” he stressed.
The Minister, who represented the Vice President, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, as the special guest for the anniversary, also reiterated the government’s firm stand against teachers who engage in sexual misconduct with students, noting that appropriate sanctions would be meted out to offenders.
“There is a lot of growing indiscipline in our schools, some with even teachers abusing learners; we will not accept that. We will apply heavy sanctions to any teacher who wants to take advantage of a learner.”
Mr. Iddrisu commended Mawuli School for its role in moulding personalities who continue to contribute to the country’s development. He affirmed the government’s commitment to providing the necessary infrastructural support to enable the school to continue shaping the “head, hearts, and hands” of young Ghanaians.
In furtherance of this pledge, the Minister cut the sod for the commencement of work on a new dormitory facility for both male and female students.
Source: 3news.com