Opoku Ware Senior High School (SHS) authorities have debunked rumors of de-boarding over 1000 students.
The management clarified that disciplinary actions are being taken solely against those who violated school regulations by leaving for the Easter break without permission.
The Headmaster, Rev. Stephen Sekyere Owusu, reaffirmed the school’s zero-tolerance policy towards indiscipline among students. He emphasized that disciplinary measures were targeted at rule-breakers, not applied indiscriminately.
Rev. Owusu explained that students who breached regulations were instructed to remain at home while awaiting the Disciplinary Committee’s decisions. A meeting with the parents of these students was arranged to address the issue comprehensively.
He dismissed claims of mass de-boarding, clarifying that students who left early for the break were required to face the Disciplinary Committee’s scrutiny. The school’s management facilitated the return of these students for a meeting with parents to prevent future misconduct.
Rev. Owusu urged parents to collaborate with the school in nurturing discipline in their children and stressed the importance of respecting school rules. He emphasized that breaking rules wouldn’t be tolerated and encouraged parents not to condone such behavior.
“It is not true that we have deboardinise 1,200 or 6000 [students], it’s not true. The school was supposed to vacate on Wednesday last week, but some students chose to give themselves a break on Tuesday, so a roll call was conducted and when they came, we asked them to appear before the Disciplinary Committee (DC) and before the DC’s report comes, we want them to remain at home and come to school.
“So this morning we decided, because some of them are from Accra and other places, the management has decided to bring them back to school and we are going to meet with the parents tomorrow. And make sure that together with the parents, our students will not repeat this kind of action because it’s not right. We cannot entertain indiscipline in Opoku Ware school. We’ll not allow students to destroy the rules and regulations of GES for us”.
“We want parents to help us train these boys not to support them to break school rules. If they do, they shouldn’t think that they can go to media houses for the school rules to be thrown away.”