Some female students target us for money while teachers get sex in return - Teacher details

A teacher at Ekumpoano Catholic Basic School, Stephen Desu, has alleged that some female students deliberately position themselves to obtain money from male teachers, while the teachers, in turn, engage in sexual relationships with them.

According to him, such arrangements have become a worrying issue in some educational institutions, with financial difficulties and students' desire for money contributing to alleged transactional sexual relationships between teachers and female students.

Speaking in an interview on Joy News on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, during discussions surrounding allegations of sexual abuse involving female students at Obuasi Senior High Technical School (SHTS), Desu claimed that the situation was not always limited to teachers approaching students for sexual relationships.

He asserted that some female students also deliberately seek financial assistance from teachers, resulting in arrangements in which money is exchanged for sex.

“There are girls in schools who position themselves to sexually exploit teachers for their money whilst teachers get sex from them in a transactional relationship,” he stated.

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Explaining his assertion, Desu indicated that financial hardship among students, particularly difficulties in accessing food and other basic necessities, had contributed to situations in which some female students allegedly engaged in sexual relationships with teachers in exchange for money.

He claimed that during periods when food shortages became a concern in schools, some teachers offered financial assistance to female students but allegedly received sexual favours in return.

“Especially when this food issue came up in our schools, where they're not getting food. Some teachers stepped up, and they were giving the girls money, and they were exchanging sex for the money they were giving them,” he alleged.

“If you leave your girl child in school and you don't support her with money and she's surviving, you as a parent, what makes you think that that child is surviving just because she's just there?” he questioned.

Desu also acknowledged that although teaching is widely regarded as a noble profession, some individuals within the educational system may engage in misconduct that undermines the integrity of the profession.

He explained that with hundreds of thousands of teachers working across the country, the possibility of having individuals who sexually exploit students could not be overlooked.

“I mean, all professions can boast, but the teacher taught them all. So we position ourselves as the noble profession. Unfortunately, if you have more than 300,000 persons in your classroom as teachers, you may get such persons as predators,” he said.

His remarks come amid growing public concern over allegations of sexual abuse involving more than 14 female students at Obuasi Senior High Technical School.

The school's headmaster, Zakaria Abdulai, has reportedly been interdicted by the Ghana Education Service (GES) and arrested by the police as investigations into the allegations continue.

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