The Executive Director at Childs Right International, Bright Appiah says schools in the country must review their regulations to meet the needs of students.

His comments come after two first year students were denied admission into Achimota School on account on their dreadlocked hairs.

According to him, Achimota School has an inclusive concept which was introduced in the past and had admitted and accommodated all manner of people.

“Achimota has been a very inclusive institution and have accommodated all manner of people and have built them to up to the level that they are. So if this could have happened in any other school and we say that okay may be based on their tradition they’ve not experienced that but not in Achimota," he said.

Speaking in an interview on Joy News The Probe, Mr Appiah said looking at the origin, and what led to the establishment of Achimota, it’s about time the School “reforms their laws to conform to the welfare of the child.”

Mr Appiah also noted that most of the schools developed their rules and regulations before the passage of the children’s act therefore the need of the review and update in the schools rules to meet the standards of today.

“The core principle that guard the process was made in 1998 so most of the rules and regulations that were made probably did not conform to certain principles. Now that we have a clear mandate in terms of how the state wants to respond to the needs of children then there is the need for these schools to also look at the standard that we have in the system so that they can conform to it,” he said.

He added that “it’s not about maintaining the tradition but also responding to the needs of children when it comes to their welfare.”   

“The child’s welfare must always be of a primary consideration in the process so that any action whatsoever that we take will still protect the interest of children.”