The Ghana Education Service has interdicted the headteachers of seven Senior High Schools in the Ashanti Region.
This follows the unauthorized sale of some items to the first year students as part of their admission process.
The suspended headteachers include Mrs Selina Anane Afoakwa, Headmistress of Kumasi Girls SHS, Mr Nathaniel Asamoah, Headmaster of Asanteman SHS, Mr Andrews Boateng, Headmaster of Kumasi Senior High Technical School and Mr Kwadwo Obeng-Appiah, Headmaster of Manso-Edubia SHS.
The rest are; Mr Daniel Boamah Duku, Headmaster of the Agric Nzema Community SHS, Ms Gladys Sarfowah, headmistress of Nkawie Senior High Technical School and Mr Ampong Ahmed Omar, Headmaster of Collins SHS.
The interdiction of the headteachers in the Ashanti region follows similar action against four headteachers in the Greater Accra and the Eastern Regions.
Earlier, the Ghana Education Service (GES) had issued a warning to heads of Senior High Schools not to charge unapproved fees.
It said such act was illegal and will not be tolerated.
Cassandra Twum Ampofo, Head of Public Relations at the Ghana Education Service, told journalists in Accra that school heads flouting these regulations will face serious disciplinary action.
“We are cautioning the heads who are going contrary to what we have discussed. We’ve realized that some were adding A4 sheets, mosquito coils and all of that in the prospectus. For us, that was really worrying, so we had to caution them to let them know that, that wasn’t what we agreed on,” she added.
Meanwhile, the total number of headteachers being investigated by the Ghana Education Service for misconduct is currently 11.
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