News reaching MyNewsGH.com indicates that Prempeh College in Kumasi has suspended 14 students for leaving campus without permission which is against the rules of the school.
The boys allegedly jumped the school wall to go and visit their girlfriends at other Girls school and also to watch the UEFA Champions League and the English Premier League, while two sneaked home.
The authorities say the boys are notorious for skipping school activities for which reason they were punished.
The Assistant Headmaster (Academic) of the school, Mr Ernest Wiafe, told a gathering of old boys covered by Graphic’s Daniel Kenu that the school’s cadet mounted a surveillance with the help of the authorities to clamp down on truants students,
He said the culprits were put before a disciplinary committee within 48 hours and found guilty. They are to return in two weeks, together with their parents, to sign a bond to be of good behavior. Mr Wiafe said the students would also forfeit their boarding status to become day students till they completed school.
- ‘Teachers are the building blocks of society’ - Dr. Maxwell Ampong
- PhD-Dutch passport debate: What significance does US, UK passports hold? - Prophet Kofi Oduro
- Ministry of Education announces 'mass' reduction in SHS subjects
- Okyenhene promotes STEM Education as part of 25th-anniversary celebration
- Delays in release of stipends for Ghanaian students on scholarship abroad an embarrassment – MP
- Read all related articles