A first-year female student has reportedly been denied admission to Kwahu Ridge Senior High Technical School (SHTS) in the Eastern Region due to her health condition.

The 14-year-old student’s father, Gideon Kissi, made the claim during an interview on Adom FM’s Dwaso Nsem, alleging that his daughter was turned away because she has sickle cell disease.

Mr. Kissi revealed that each crisis episode typically lasts between three and four hours when it occurs, but it happens intermittently, usually every four to six months, and most often at dawn.

According to him, the school was informed about the child’s medical condition when he went to collect her prospectus.

School authorities allegedly instructed the family to provide her medical report upon reporting to school.

However, when the student arrived at the school on Tuesday, October 21, 2025, she was allegedly denied admission.

“Her mother took her to the school, and they were told she could not be admitted. The excuse was that the school has no vehicle to transport her to Atibie Government Hospital in case of a crisis. So they had to bring all her items back home. My daughter is distraught and sad because all her friends are in school,” Mr. Kissi said.

He added that efforts to obtain an official transfer letter or documentation to facilitate her placement in another school have so far failed.

“The plan was to seek admission at Kwahu SHS, which is closer to home so she could be a day student, but we’ve not been successful because the school refused to give us a letter or any document to assist us,” he explained.

As of now, Kwahu Ridge SHTS authorities have not responded publicly to the allegations.