The Deputy Northern Regional Minister, Alhaji A.B.A Fuseini has cautioned students of the Gambaga College of Education against resorting to vandalism no matter their grievances.

He said what happened at the Walewale Senior High where students vandalised school proerty must not be repeated at any educational institution in the region.

He said it is common for students to enter institutions humble and disciplined persons but become stubborn and troublesome because of influences from other students.

Alhaji A.B.A Fuseini said this at the matriculation ceremony of the first batch of students of the Gambaga College of Education in Gambaga in the East Mamprusi District.         

The college which admitted 310 students was the initiative of the Nayiri.

In 2009, the Nayiri, Naa Bohugu Mahami Abudulai II, the overlord of the Mamprugu Traditional Area, made a request for the establishment of a college of education in Mamprugu when he led a delegation of chiefs from the area to pay a courtesy call on the late President  John Evans Atta Mills.

In 2010 the people of Mamprugu with help of the East Mamprusi District Assembly spearheaded by the District Chief Executive, Mr. Adam Imoro, decided to put up basic infrastructure to kick start the college. 

While commending the efforts of the people, Alhaji A.B.A Fuseini said the school existed for the good of all Ghanaians.

He said every student from any part of Ghana had a right to admission to the school just as any student from Mamprugu. “I am making this statement against the background of tendencies in areas where government institutions are established to wrongly think that they alone have the exclusive right to the institution and in the process create a lot of difficulties for smooth management of the institution”.

Alhaji A.B.A Fuseini said the policy to cancel the teacher trainee allowance is to offer colleges of education the opportunity to admit more applicants.

He said government appreciates the efforts, commitment and sacrifices of teachers in improving the quality of education in the country and was working hard to ensure that their efforts were adequately compensated.   

Alhaji A.B.A Fuseini congratulated the Nayiri for his foresight “government would not turn its back on chiefs who seek the welfare of their people through development and not their own interest”.

The Acting Principal of the School Alhaji Mohammed Haroon in a speech said the teacher-pupil gap in the district made it necessary to establish the college.

He thanked the Nayiri and the people of Manprugu for the initiative.

Alhaji Mohammed Haroon said the college had been approved by the National Accreditation Board and obtained clearance from Teacher Education Division of the Ghana Education Service and Affiliated to the university of Cape Coast which will mentor, assess and award certificates to the students.

He appealed to government to declare the Gambaga College as its first baby of the 10 training colleges promised Ghanaians by the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) in its 2012 elections manifesto.