Accra (Greater Accra), 23rd April
The Ghana Education Service is to review its disciplinary code for schools.
This follows the unfortunate of Miss Carmen Joe, a JSS 3 student of the Osu Presbyterian Girls' School who died at the Ridge=hospital soon after she was punished for not wearing socks to school. Ms Carmen Joe was made to frog leap 150 times and although she continuously fell down in the process, she was made to restart until she collapsed and was rushed to hospital. She died two days after the incident.
A statement signed in Accra by GES Director-General, Professor C. Ameyaw-Akumfi, said the review will take into consideration recent unconventional punishments meted out to pupils and students by some teachers and reminded teachers to adhere to the GES guidelines in the administration of punishments.
The statement said the GES has "decided to bear a fair proportion of the funeral expenses of late Carmen Joe" and appealed to parents to ensure that their children are in good mental and physical condition before sending them to school to enable them to cope with school activities.
GES appealed to parents and communities to put the "unfortunate incident behind them and continue to support schools in all their programmes''.
