Asafoatsengua Buertey Okumko Obuampong IV, Senior Warlord of the Royal Adibiawer Clan of Ada, has expressed concern over what he described as a decline in academic performance among students in the Ada Traditional Area.

Asafoatsengua Obuampong attributed the situation largely to growing parental negligence and inadequate supervision of children in some communities.

In an interview, he noted that many students no longer slept at home, while others engaged in activities such as sand winning and the use of hard drugs, which he said contributed to indiscipline and poor academic outcomes.

“These behaviours are among the major causes of the abysmal performance we are witnessing among schoolchildren,” he stated.

He urged parents to take urgent steps to provide proper guidance for their wards and instil discipline, stressing that education remained a critical foundation for securing a better future.

The Asafoatsengua warned that without renewed commitment to education, the future development of Ada could be seriously undermined, noting that sustainable progress depended largely on a well-educated population.

He called on parents, teachers, and traditional authorities to collaborate and adopt effective strategies to strengthen discipline and academic standards within schools.

“When you are no more as a parent, your children must be able to carry on your legacy, but if you fail to raise them well, their future will be destroyed,” he asserted.

He appealed to the government to intervene with early policies and targeted programmes to address the challenges confronting education in the Ada Traditional Area and across the country.