GES DG deplores indiscipline among students

Cape Coast, Nov. 8, GNA - The Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), the Reverend Ama Afo Blay, on Saturday deplored the high level of indiscipline among students, saying, the situation is a great challenge to the GES and all stakeholders.

She noted that good academic performance, had a direct relationship with discipline and said, "Only a disciplined mind, can study and have good results".

Rev Afo Blay speaking at the 127th Speech and Prize-giving Day of Mfantsipim School at Cape Coast, cautioned students that there should be no room for malingering, if they were to excel.

The Director-General was not happy that as a mission school with a tradition of academic excellence and high moral values, Mfantsipim also "has its fair share" of negative behaviours like drug abuse, rape, indecent language and dressing and examination malpractices. She charged students to strive to check excesses that may destroy their future and urged them to make responsible choices to avoid contracting AIDS.

Rev Afo Blay advised them not to rely on the past glories of the school, but to use it to propel them to attain higher laurels than what whose before them achieved.

Mr Jabesh Amissah-Arthur, former Acting Chief Executive of the Volta River Authority (VRA), who was the Guest Speaker, suggested that to ensure quality education, the government should allow other stakeholders to contribute to supplement inadequate funding for the sector.

Mr Amissah-Arthur, who is an old student of the school, also expressed concern about indiscipline in schools and called for innovative ways, of dealing with the problem.

Squadron Leader (rtd) Clend Sowu, also an old student, who spoke on "governance, corruption and politics, said the best way to control corruption was to ensure good governance, to facilitate transparency and accountability.

The headmaster, Mr Charles Eshun, expressed regret that due to limited number of dormitories, most of the students were staying outside the school and appealed for support in the provision of more dormitories.

Prizes were awarded to deserving students and staff.