{"id":353605,"date":"2017-09-14T20:26:29","date_gmt":"2017-09-14T20:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=353605"},"modified":"2017-11-10T11:23:36","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T11:23:36","slug":"la-presec-head-interdicted-over-illegal-fees-after-swerving-ges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/09\/la-presec-head-interdicted-over-illegal-fees-after-swerving-ges\/","title":{"rendered":"La PRESEC head interdicted over illegal fees after &#8216;swerving&#8217; GES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The headmaster of La Presbyterian School, Samuel Salamat, who\u00a0<span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/09\/13\/pay-desk-fees-or-stand-in-class-la-presec-to-students\/\">notably said<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0first-year students had to pay GH\u00a280 for desks or risk standing in class during teaching, has also been interdicted by the Ghana Education\u00a0Service.<\/p>\n<p>He was among the\u00a0head teachers summoned by the GES for allegedly\u00a0charging illegal fees under the Free SHS policy.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;bRpeI1xXuG5OPr4YO6dcZ7UgxImmyaEG&#8221;]Mr. Salamat, however, refused to attend the invitation to meet with the GES Director-General,\u00a0Professor Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa.<\/p>\n<p>The GES, without any specifics, said it was still conducting investigations into the allegations against\u00a0Mr. Salamat.<\/p>\n<p>First-year students who reported to the La Presbyterian School on Wednesday to complete their registration were reportedly urged to pay a GH\u00a280 for desks, causing some confusion at the school\u2019s premises.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Salamat justified the fee saying the school was only asking for voluntary contributions due to the poor state of its desks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have only appealed to parents that we have challenges with furniture so if they can help us repair our furniture so that we can start classes as early as possible. They cannot bring furniture from the house. We are telling them to make voluntary contributions so that we can use that to repair the furniture. It is voluntary, any amount that you can get\u2026 It is not a fixed amount. We only gave them the\u00a0information that last year, parents paid GH80 to guide them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the person is unable to pay, we will still admit them\u2026 [But] if the chairs are not there, what can we do? A lot of my furniture is broken down. I have not taken stock to find out the furniture that is available. A lot of my tables and chairs are broken down and I can foresee that we will need more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Two heads sacked<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The GES has also 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<p>\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<p><strong>Free SHS implementation challenges<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Free SHS policy which took off this month with only first year students is benefiting at least over 400,000.<\/p>\n<p>As a result of the policy, the number of students entering has put pressure on facilities in most of the schools, with some having challenges in accommodating the huge numbers.<\/p>\n<p>It appears this situation has forced some head teachers to improvise by seeking to charge some fees although everything is supposed to be free.<\/p>\n<p>The policy is projected to cost the country $100 million, an equivalent of \u00a2400 million for the first term of the first year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The headmaster of La Presbyterian School, Samuel Salamat, who\u00a0notably said\u00a0first-year students had to pay GH\u00a280 for desks or risk standing in class during teaching, has also been interdicted by the Ghana Education\u00a0Service. 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