Police in Ashanti Region has initiated an investigation on the proprietor of a private day second-cycle school for allegedly breaching Covid-19 protocols.

Krapa Okyere of Dwenti Senior High School in Sekyere Kumawu District will answer for congestion in classroom and dormitories.

Local police have provisionally charged Mr Okyere with offensive misconduct and breach of Covid- 19 protocols

The District Covid- 19 Response Team visited the school and found over 200 students crammed in three rooms, in disregard of social distancing.

District Chief Executive of the Assembly, Samuel Addai Agyekum, who led the Covid- 19 Response Team on the inspection tour said the teamwas in shock when they found students share space with gas stoves and other personal belongings.

“Some of the rooms aside being congested have no doors, just plywood is used to cover the entrance of the room,” he explained.

Mr Addai Agyekum also points water and hygiene facilities in the school are not enough to support adherence to all protocols. 

Dwenti SHS is ran from the ground floor of an uncompleted storey building.

Part of it is used both for classrooms and residential accommodation.

The proprietor says Covid-19 had compelled management to open part of the school facility to some students for free.

“It’s a school so we don’t have issues with accommodation. We only took these students in because they find it difficult to rent rooms in the area and also we wanted to keep them safe from the virus,” he said.

He says many students who could not find accommodation in the community to join their colleagues on the blind side of authorities.

Mr Okyere has also accused of organising a musical event, with a large gathering of students.

This, he denied stating that aside the Covid- 19 protocols prohibiting such gatherings, the school doesn’t have the facility for the purpose.

A security man near the school however, disputes the proprietor’s claims. 

He said some students physically attacked him when he attempted to stop them from holding the event.

The District Security Committee has since relocated some of the students to a nearby facility.

Mr. Addai Agyekum says District Security Council is temporarily supporting them, pending possible closure of the school by the Ghana Education Service.

“We think there should be proper arrangement to the final year students so they don’t miss the examination. We are speaking with the GES on the way forward but we had to take urgent measures