The Ghana Education Service (GES) has in consultation with the Ministry of Education temporarily closed down the Akro Senior High Technical School (ASHTECH) in the Eastern Region for two weeks.
The school was shut down on grounds of security reasons.
The Eastern Regional Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Ghana Education Service, Emmanuel Asiedu Acheampong, who confirmed the closure disclosed that the students are expected to return to school on Monday, February 7, 2022 .
“As they resumed, they were writing their promotional examinations. The condition is such that we can’t allow them to continue writing their exams. So officially the Director General’s office in consultation with the Ministry of Education has given the go-ahead to allow them go home in the meantime. They would be back on February 7, 2022 to continue with their examinations and academic work.”
“We expect the student to learn to not take the laws into their own hands. Anything that worries or bothers them either academically or security wise should be reported to the appropriate authorities to be managed.”
Two suspected thieves were lynched by the students after they had allegedly invaded the school to steal.
One of them was pronounced dead after they had been sent to the hospital.
Several of the students had left home for fear of their lives after a reprisal attack from residents on Saturday, January 22.
Currently, security on the school has been intensified.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana