The Ghana Education Service (GES) has transferred four of the eight Senior High School headteachers in the Ashanti Region who were suspended for allegedly imposing unauthorized fees.
The suspensions, initiated in December 2023, stemmed from accusations of imposing various unapproved charges on students, including house dues, books, calculators, admission processing fees, and the printing of slips, files, and hymn books.
The Ashanti Regional president of the Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS), Sulemana Yeboah, revealed in an interview with Citi News that the Ghana Education Service made the decision after conducting investigations.
“They [GES] have taken the decision where four of them [the headteachers] have been asked to go to their various schools and four of them have been swapped from their former schools to different schools. [Headteacher] of Kumasi Girls is now at Ntonsu SDA Girls and [Headteacher] of SDA Girls is at Nkawie. [Headteacher] of Nkawie SDA Girls has been moved to Nkroful Agric.
“And in the direct swap, we have [Headteacher] of Manso Adubia SHS moving to Tweapease Senior High School, and [Headteacher] of Tweapease Senior High School moving to Manso Adubia SHS. The last person moved from KSTS to Bosome Freho Senior High School to replace the headteacher, who is on retirement.”
At the time of the suspensions, CHASS criticized the Ghana Education Service for its handling of some of the headteachers.
Despite widespread reports of their suspensions, many of the headteachers in the Ashanti region had not received formal notification of their indictment.