Konongo-Odumase SHS closed down

The Konongo-Odumase Senior High School in the Ashanti Region has been closed down following a protest by over 2000 students who are demanding the removal of the headmistress of the school.

According to the protesting students, the headmistress had "unduly" transferred about 10 teachers of the school, a development they said has affected academic activities.

The protest, which happened on the evening of Friday (25 November) was curtailed by over 50 police officers who were deployed to the school to control the situation that nearly turned violent.

The closure is until further notice.

A section of the students who spoke in an interview insist the headmistress must be removed and the teachers reinstated.

According to Konongo-Odumase Divisional Police Commander, Superintendent Ohene Boadi Bossman, the police got a call of the proposed protest by the students and rushed to the school to calm tensions.

According to him, for sanity to prevail with the over 2000 students chanting to have the headmistress dismissed, the police spoke with the students late into the night to calm them down. The police, however, advised the school be closed down for the meantime to ensure peace after they had additional information that the students were bent on protesting.

Mr Bossman noted that the school would be closed until the board and teachers resolve the matter.