Short Hair Policy in SHS: It is about hygiene and safety, not discipline – Adutwum

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Kk 2 months ago

So people with hairs are unhygienic. Is there any scientific proof.

So people with hairs are unhygienic. Is there any scientific proof.
Dr Mumbi Seraki 2 months ago

Hello youth of Ghana. You can take your own life with medicine......for instance 15 paracetamol at once. Or combine medicine and akpeteshie or weedicide

Hello youth of Ghana. You can take your own life with medicine......for instance 15 paracetamol at once. Or combine medicine and akpeteshie or weedicide
FRANKIE 2 months ago

Who told this 'kentry' speaking man that our natural Afro hair which is our heritage cannot be kept clean? Leave the African child alone to decide whether to keep their bAfro hair or to cut it. This colonialist, imperialist ...
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Who told this 'kentry' speaking man that our natural Afro hair which is our heritage cannot be kept clean? Leave the African child alone to decide whether to keep their bAfro hair or to cut it. This colonialist, imperialist and archaic mentality must give way to freedom and liberty. You went to America but America never went through you.
What an insult to the black man who wears his natural Afro hair!
OTREBOR 2 months ago

Natural or Artificial, hair doesn't keep itself clean. We as humans do have to keep our body and hair clean all the time.

Natural or Artificial, hair doesn't keep itself clean. We as humans do have to keep our body and hair clean all the time.
Nii 2 months ago

We can't even get portable water to drink, why keep long African hair where you can't get clean water to wash your hair.

We can't even get portable water to drink, why keep long African hair where you can't get clean water to wash your hair.
TT 2 months ago

If you are a clean person you will do what you have to do to always be clean.
I can tell you are one of those dirty for a reason person.

If you are a clean person you will do what you have to do to always be clean.
I can tell you are one of those dirty for a reason person.
ST Ghfuo: Canadians are dishonest, liars, Gh leaders are fools 2 months ago

Naive and ignorant talk..if a person is naturally dirty and unhygienic it won't matter how clean cut they are they will still be dirty. This guy in this picture is attributing long hair to bad hygiene and safety what a fool.. ...
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Naive and ignorant talk..if a person is naturally dirty and unhygienic it won't matter how clean cut they are they will still be dirty. This guy in this picture is attributing long hair to bad hygiene and safety what a fool....if they tell foreign kids to cut their hair their parents will all leave the country amd the world will know ow stupid and primitive gjeadrs are. So they alow the foreign kids to have long hair, braids, locs but all local kids must conform to the same jungle primitive ideas we the elders have. What kind of foolishness is this? What is good for the goose.....
ST Ghfuo: Canadians are dishonest, liars, Gh leaders are fools 2 months ago

Confused leaders. So you foolish leaders think you know better than leaders in g7 nations? What is hygienic and safe in Accra? Even the hospitals are killing fields. Today, I went to 2 catholic high-school in toronto. I also ...
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Confused leaders. So you foolish leaders think you know better than leaders in g7 nations? What is hygienic and safe in Accra? Even the hospitals are killing fields. Today, I went to 2 catholic high-school in toronto. I also went to st michales and upper Canada college both private schools. The kids wore uniforms shirts, ties some of the kids have cease cuts clean shaven. Some of the white kids have long hair I saw many black kids with across, dreads, some have braids. Everyone minding their business..these are private schools where kids pay $10000to go to high school. I'm done..instead of dealing with more important issues plaguing the country you are wasting time on haircuts? What is the priority of these gh leaders? Have you seen haircut writing exams before? What's the correlation between braids or dreads in school and hygiene or safety? Smh foolish leadership allow the kids to be kids and expresses themselves as they fit they are not killing anyone they are doing their homework and chores leave them alone and focus of the cirrhosis public leaders, the dirty environments over there in the country trash everywhere...tweak korle bu enter thr hospital and the putrid stench alone will kill you drop dead focus on these....leave the kids alone and stop fucking the teenagers foolish people
NzemaK 2 months ago

It has so many sides to it.

1. It will create competition among girls and create barrier between the haves and have nots

2. It can also be a source or conduit for shipping weed and marijuana to campuses.

3. Establish ...
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It has so many sides to it.

1. It will create competition among girls and create barrier between the haves and have nots

2. It can also be a source or conduit for shipping weed and marijuana to campuses.

3. Establishing hairdressing saloons on campuses will create more serious problems
FRANKIE 2 months ago

@Nzema, your point no. 3 is completely out of the equation. No one is talking about using hair relaxers for hair perming. We're talking about our own natural African or Afro hair so there'll be no need for salons.

@Nzema, your point no. 3 is completely out of the equation. No one is talking about using hair relaxers for hair perming. We're talking about our own natural African or Afro hair so there'll be no need for salons.

prophet mohammed was a sick dog 2 months ago

Say no to islam and convert to a real religion.
Allah is satanic scum and qur'an is toilet paper.............Search online for ways to move away from evil islam. You can join ex-muslim groups online and be safe........ ...
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Say no to islam and convert to a real religion.
Allah is satanic scum and qur'an is toilet paper.............Search online for ways to move away from evil islam. You can join ex-muslim groups online and be safe................you are not alone.
JESUS IS GOD 2 months ago

Jesus Christ loves you and wants to save you from sin and its consequences. He died on the cross for your sins, was buried, and rose again on the third day. Believe in Him, accept His gift of forgiveness, and receive eternal ...
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Jesus Christ loves you and wants to save you from sin and its consequences. He died on the cross for your sins, was buried, and rose again on the third day. Believe in Him, accept His gift of forgiveness, and receive eternal life! (John 3:16)..kbcxd
Observer 2 months ago

Anyway, vote for me, I will add free hair saloons and barbering shops to the tree SHS.

Anyway, vote for me, I will add free hair saloons and barbering shops to the tree SHS.
OTREBOR 2 months ago

Did you read and understand the submission in the gentleman's narrative.??? You eyes but you can't see...

Did you read and understand the submission in the gentleman's narrative.??? You eyes but you can't see...
Kwaku Tee 2 months ago

I have used the same white shirt for 5days b4 in Moscow without getting any dirt in the collar. I will admit it was winter , but it shows how clean the city was. I had a friend from Zanzibar who had dreadlocks but was always ...
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I have used the same white shirt for 5days b4 in Moscow without getting any dirt in the collar. I will admit it was winter , but it shows how clean the city was. I had a friend from Zanzibar who had dreadlocks but was always clean.I doubt whether any girl in Nima or Madina can keep her hair that clean
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Kooo 2 months ago

Masa stop that nonsense , u and ur Akuffo Addo/ Bawumia govt brought indiscipline, corruption, buying of appo, mismanagement n misbehaviour of students into our school..u are the worse n autocratic minister of education ever. ...
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Masa stop that nonsense , u and ur Akuffo Addo/ Bawumia govt brought indiscipline, corruption, buying of appo, mismanagement n misbehaviour of students into our school..u are the worse n autocratic minister of education ever.. shame
jjjjjjjjjjjjyyyyyyyyylkkkkkkkk 2 months ago

THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING TO POLICY MAKERS WHO EVEN DON'T UNDERSTAND THE POLICY THEY ARE MAKING. JUST FOR HATE. NO EDUCATION

THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING TO POLICY MAKERS WHO EVEN DON'T UNDERSTAND THE POLICY THEY ARE MAKING. JUST FOR HATE. NO EDUCATION
GTEC 2 months ago

Are you normal? Be serious with your medication

Are you normal? Be serious with your medication
Citizens 2 months ago

Great one. I however think we cannot divulge hygiene and health from discipline. We need discipline to maintain good hygiene and health. When tutors checked fingernails and handkerchiefs, when they checked swept classrooms a ...
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Great one. I however think we cannot divulge hygiene and health from discipline. We need discipline to maintain good hygiene and health. When tutors checked fingernails and handkerchiefs, when they checked swept classrooms and cleaned lawns it all innured to good health and hygiene.

ACE 2 months ago

How would it look like if girls find it difficult to keep their hair tidy?. Short hair will be easier to maintain. If all kinds of hair styles are allowed, the girls will focus more on hair styles than their education. When t ...
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How would it look like if girls find it difficult to keep their hair tidy?. Short hair will be easier to maintain. If all kinds of hair styles are allowed, the girls will focus more on hair styles than their education. When they go to University they are mature enough to know their priorities. So stop insulting the minister.
Barko osae twum 2 months ago

Massa adutwum, then every parent will tell the school their kids are forbidden to cut their hairs due to religious reasons:- and surely ghana our motherland has a vast choice of religious cults and brainwashing stupidity in t ...
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Massa adutwum, then every parent will tell the school their kids are forbidden to cut their hairs due to religious reasons:- and surely ghana our motherland has a vast choice of religious cults and brainwashing stupidity in the name of worshipping God to choose from.please take religion out of this. Those religious groups should build their own schools for the children of their members. Jehovah witness dont vote but when roads are bad they join in complaining same as when lights go off, they shout about dumsor. Its got to be uniform nationwide in ghana , short hair no other choice. Will parents send their house helps to school in the morning to help their kids wash long brazilian, congolese hair extensions. Ghana paa.
Gambo 2 months ago

Funny Ghanaians
I have a question. Does this rule of short haircut for girls apply to white kids when they school in Ghana?
Even half cast are allowed to keep their long hairs . Why can't we extend that to black girls?

Funny Ghanaians
I have a question. Does this rule of short haircut for girls apply to white kids when they school in Ghana?
Even half cast are allowed to keep their long hairs . Why can't we extend that to black girls?
Kwaku Tee 2 months ago

How many times have you seen those white students being boarding house students? My white classmates in Accra Academy in the 80s were all Day students .Our environment is too dusty to encourage long hair.

How many times have you seen those white students being boarding house students? My white classmates in Accra Academy in the 80s were all Day students .Our environment is too dusty to encourage long hair.
Wiseman 2 months ago

With all due respect, I'm really surprised Honorable Dr Adutwum is making such comparison with his school in the US .Here most High Schools are community based days Schools and parents can just keep their kids hairs clean

With all due respect, I'm really surprised Honorable Dr Adutwum is making such comparison with his school in the US .Here most High Schools are community based days Schools and parents can just keep their kids hairs clean
Populist 2 months ago

Man let's us tread with caution. This is not US or UK. With your mentality, we keep on copying everything from the whites which lead to where we are today, a society full of indiscipline all because human right forgetting tha ...
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Man let's us tread with caution. This is not US or UK. With your mentality, we keep on copying everything from the whites which lead to where we are today, a society full of indiscipline all because human right forgetting that right has limitations. Allowing different hair styles will create fertile ground for unnecessary competition among SHS students and additional financial burden on their parents. Later we will call upon the government to fund the hair styles of SHS students. Enough is enough.
Kwam 2 months ago

Hmmm l don't know why we like making too much noise about nothing. When were all these people making this noise when some of us spent seven solid years in secondary school in those days?
If we life this policy then very soon ...
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Hmmm l don't know why we like making too much noise about nothing. When were all these people making this noise when some of us spent seven solid years in secondary school in those days?
If we life this policy then very soon the security services, teacher training colleges, and other professional colleges will also claim same rights.
The policy for my understanding is not to punish or disrespect but to differentiate students from tutors @ that level. We have gone through, we didn't die , so why all these noises
Capt Adabuga 2 months ago

Listen to common sense Haruna

Listen to common sense Haruna
Enock 2 months ago

The way out is simple, if you want to keep your long hair, you can be a day student.

Anyway, I also want to keep long nails in school for safety and defense purpose, yes, like tiger claws, hahahaha

The way out is simple, if you want to keep your long hair, you can be a day student.

Anyway, I also want to keep long nails in school for safety and defense purpose, yes, like tiger claws, hahahaha
Kwasi 2 months ago

Hygiene and safety, well said, the same should directed towards making our cities clean and tidy in ghana....

Hygiene and safety, well said, the same should directed towards making our cities clean and tidy in ghana....

Abraziaa 2 months ago

Idiot and the most useless and stupid education minister in Ghana history part of the useless akufo-addo bawumia corrupt government

Idiot and the most useless and stupid education minister in Ghana history part of the useless akufo-addo bawumia corrupt government
Alidu and his goat 2 months ago

Is this guy really correct?

Is this guy really correct?
Tatum 2 months ago

Is cleanliness not discipline? Where from this idiot character too? Gyemiiii

Is cleanliness not discipline? Where from this idiot character too? Gyemiiii
Travis 2 months ago

Keep quiet
Hygiene and safety are disciplinary issues

Keep quiet
Hygiene and safety are disciplinary issues
TT 2 months ago

In most of the schools doing this, they allow the white kids who are in the schools to keep their long hair.
That is double standard. In out time the girls kept their hair and I never heard of any crime or incident befallen ...
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In most of the schools doing this, they allow the white kids who are in the schools to keep their long hair.
That is double standard. In out time the girls kept their hair and I never heard of any crime or incident befallen them.
These days ministers just want to make rules so that they can say it was during my time that I introduced this.
Another example is the school uniforms that was made the same across the country. We felt proud in our individual uniforms in our time.
Parents and wards need to have a choice in these matters.
Kwame 2 months ago

May God bless Adutwum. This is pure wisdom, well explained. He has done far better than the whole ministry of Education. Far better in terms of the communication. Very clear and convincing

May God bless Adutwum. This is pure wisdom, well explained. He has done far better than the whole ministry of Education. Far better in terms of the communication. Very clear and convincing
Jones 2 months ago

Exactly. Haruna is taking it as sharia law.

Exactly. Haruna is taking it as sharia law.
Nsoh 2 months ago

He’s right. Just like in the army when you bring people together in dormitories etc but not to enforce discipline

He’s right. Just like in the army when you bring people together in dormitories etc but not to enforce discipline
Prudhomme - Pubic hair hygiene 2 months ago

While you are at it, please do not forget about their pubic hair hygiene!

It also matters a lot!

While you are at it, please do not forget about their pubic hair hygiene!

It also matters a lot!
world 2 months ago

is the schools now a fashion competition of hairs? ghanaians have a problem.

is the schools now a fashion competition of hairs? ghanaians have a problem.
Nyameba 2 months ago

Mr Adutwum I will disagree with you on this issue because where you came from in the United States of America is rather different.Any student being a male or female can braid their hair to school. The situation in Ghana is no ...
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Mr Adutwum I will disagree with you on this issue because where you came from in the United States of America is rather different.Any student being a male or female can braid their hair to school. The situation in Ghana is not good because a student may be a Gods gifted career in hairstyles and can start practicing with her friends hair to make her perfect in that field before graduation.

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