GES Sanctions On Named SHS Students Harsh – Ablakwa

Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Hon. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has lash out the Ghana Education Service (GES) for the harsh, high handed, and whimsical sanctions meted out to the named SHS students.

According to Ablakwa, their sanctions could prove counterproductive.

To Ablakwa who has since condemn the actions of the students, he argued that their apologies could have been considered. He added that he ascribes to punishment that reforms and not to destroy

“…if there must be punishment, although I take the view that their apologies could have been considered – I have always subscribed to punishment that reforms and not punishment that destroys.

He again suggested some appropriate punishment which the education body could have use;

“The offending students could be made to sign a bond of good behaviour, allowed to complete the final examinations after which the release of their results may be delayed until surcharging and counselling obligations have been carried out. We do not have to destroy the future of these teenagers.

He again added that, GES should have delve deeper into the issue to know the route cause which has brought Ghana in this embarrassing juncture

“While pursuing the reformative punishment I propose, it is absolutely essential that independent investigations are conducted into the circumstances that led to the rather strange expectations and conditions that have brought us to this embarrassing juncture. In other words – who told the students to expect a particular set of questions? Who assured them of weak and compromised invigilation? Why did some teachers gang up with students to attack WAEC officials? Why does it appear that students were simply not prepared for the WASSCE, what went wrong?
These are fundamental issues for which we must seek urgent answers and for which arbitrary destructive punishment does not address”, he said.

Source: GhanaFeed.com