GES interdicts O’Reilly SHS, Ghana SHS heads over new prospectus

The management of the Ghana Education Service has interdicted the headteachers of O’Reilly Senior High School and Ghana Senior High School for allegedly violating directives of the first-year second cycle school students prospectus.

The interdiction was indicated in two separate letters, dated 6th and 7th December 2023, were issued by the Regional Education Offices of Greater Accra and Eastern Region to the respective headmistresses of the above mention Senior High Schools.

GES citing violation of the school’s Code of Conduct. has asked the headmistress of O’Reilly SHS, Nadia Lartechoe Annan, to step aside pending an investigation into the unauthorized collection of money as part of the admission process.

“It has come to the notice of Management, the collection of unauthorized Monies at O’Reilly Senior High School as part of the admission process based on the above and as the Code of Conduct stipulates, you are to step aside for investigation to be conducted,” part of the letter read.

The letter issued by the management of the Ghana Education Service instructed her to hand over all school property to the Municipal Director of Education, Ledzokuku, who will assume oversight responsibility during her absence.

In a separate incident, the headmistress of Ghana Senior High School, Patience Naki Mensah, has also been asked to step aside with effect from 7th December 2023 over sale of some school items for first-year students of her school.

This follows allegations of the unauthorized sale of ceremonial cloth, tracksuits, and other items to Form One students reporting to the school. The letter, dated 7th December 2023, emphasizes the need for further investigation into the alleged sale of items.

“It has come to the notice of Management of Ghana Education Service that, there is an unauthorised sale of the following items to the Form One students reporting to school: GH¢200, GH¢250,” the Education Service said in a letter.

Meanwhile, education think tank – Africa Education Watch (EduWatch) has asked the Ghana Education Service (GES) to sack any head of Senior High School that demand a pesewa or an item outside the national approved prospectus.

“Any SHS head found to have demanded a pesewa or an item outside the approved Ghana Education Service (GES) prospectus must be fired, The Director of EduWatch, Kofi Asare said in a social media post sighted by Thisterm.com.