The Ghana Education Service (GES), has relieved two head teachers of their post and interdicted six others, pending investigations, for allegedly charging illegal fees under the free SHS policy.<\/p>\n
19 teachers had been invited for questioning by the GES on Thursday to respond to allegations that they were requesting parents and guardians to pay fees already absorbed by the government under its free SHS policy.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”WcumMLMOVRJH5iRhoIZEYuwYSkiKbbMm”]\u201cAfter our deliberations with them, we realized that they had infractions against the implementation guidelines [for the free SHS] that had been given to them,\u201d the GES\u2019 Director General, Professor Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa\u00a0said at a press conference on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Some of the invited teachers have provided evidence that \u201cwe need to check and cross check,\u201d Professor Opoku-Amankwa noted to the media.<\/p>\n
The headmaster of Pentecost SHS in Koforidua, Mr. Blasu Wisdom, is one of the head teachers relieved of his post for charging illegal fees and he will also be\u00a0re-posted to teach in a classroom.<\/p>\n
The assistant headmaster of Duffor SHS, Rev. S P Elewokor, was also relieved of his post and is to be re-posted to teach in a classroom.<\/p>\n
For failing to supervise his subordinate, the head teacher of Duffor SHS, Mr. SCK Agbakey, will be reprimanded, Professor Opoku-Amankwa said.<\/p>\n