Parents asked to work to ensure peace in schools

Bimbilla (N/R), June 29, GNA - Mr. Moses Bukari Magbengba, the Northern Regional Minister, has appealed to Boards of Directors of schools to serve as an effective link between school authorities and Parent/Teacher Associations (PTA) to ensure peace in educational institutions. He said there was the need to promote constant dialogue and communications between students and school management to learn about the concerns and grievances of students in order to find solutions to them and avoid student disturbances.

Mr. Magbengba said this in a speech read for him at the eight Senior High School (SHS) zonal festival of arts at Bimbilla on Monday. The Festival was on the theme: "Ensuring peace and unity in a sustainable society through culture".

Twenty SHS in the region are participating in the festival and would be competing in choral music, poetry recital, drama, drum language and choreography.

Mr. Magbengba expressed concern about recent acts of indiscipline between students and teachers in some schools in the Tamale Metropolis and said such disturbances often degenerated into nasty scenes and brought insecurity, hardships and waste of scarce resources. He said educational authorities were worried about these acts of indiscipline which, though seemingly limited to schools, were bound to degenerate into more complex societal problems if not checked and controlled.

"Unless we address the increasing levels of indiscipline, violence and ethnic conflicts in our society, the image of Ghana in the future will be nothing to be proud of", the Minister said. Mr. Mohammed Ibn Abass, Nanumba North District Chief Executive, called on educational authorities to intensify the cultural enrichment programmes within the cultural studies curriculum at all levels of education. 29 June 10