Prempeh College, others cited for charging unapproved fees

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Katakyie Marfo - Major, U.S. 10 years ago

What a shame.

Put these folks in JAIL now.

What a shame.

Put these folks in JAIL now.
Kwaku 10 years ago

If their parents can pay why should we complain,I rather expect the govt to win itself from such schools.As an expect once said the "first class" schools should be run purely on economic basis.The little resources the govt ha ...
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If their parents can pay why should we complain,I rather expect the govt to win itself from such schools.As an expect once said the "first class" schools should be run purely on economic basis.The little resources the govt has should be used to equip the less endowed schools,so that Ghanaians who cannot afford such fees will have alternatives.
Krikri,, 10 years ago

Then those Heads should resign and create their own schools. They can't use govt schools to create hardship for ordinary Ghananains. No doubt this action is from KUMASI, the hometown of the matemehu nation wreckers

Then those Heads should resign and create their own schools. They can't use govt schools to create hardship for ordinary Ghananains. No doubt this action is from KUMASI, the hometown of the matemehu nation wreckers
sm4lyf 10 years ago

The summons is over and nothing came out of it.. First of all, almost every SHS charged more than GES approved fees... Those schs? because they are from Ashanti. A school like Prempeh College has massive infrastructural depts ...
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The summons is over and nothing came out of it.. First of all, almost every SHS charged more than GES approved fees... Those schs? because they are from Ashanti. A school like Prempeh College has massive infrastructural depts on going..the paltry govt subvention is way overdue. how do u foolish haters and useless politician expect those schs to paint their buildings.... with ur shit.. go ahead. help urselfs.
EVEN PRESIDENT IS CROOKED 10 years ago

GHANAIANS HAVE NO SHAME

GHANAIANS HAVE NO SHAME
NONE !!!!!!!!! 10 years ago

A NATION OF THIEVES AND CORRUPT APES !!!!!!

A NATION OF THIEVES AND CORRUPT APES !!!!!!
All Die be Die 10 years ago

GHanians? Ghanains have Shame but not an Ashanti.It can only happen in that region.

GHanians? Ghanains have Shame but not an Ashanti.It can only happen in that region.
Onipa Ye 10 years ago

... AND THEY SAY GHANA IS A CHRISTITIAN NATION. WHERE ARE THE CHRISTIANS?

... AND THEY SAY GHANA IS A CHRISTITIAN NATION. WHERE ARE THE CHRISTIANS?
sm4lyf 10 years ago

Prempeh COLLEGE has been self financing it's projects through it's PTA, Old Boys, NGO's and levies that parents shd pay if they really want to be in a school of prestige... when was the last time even the regional GES direct ...
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Prempeh COLLEGE has been self financing it's projects through it's PTA, Old Boys, NGO's and levies that parents shd pay if they really want to be in a school of prestige... when was the last time even the regional GES director visited those schools to find out if their walls have been painted for years. and yet foolish talk talk Ghanaians say nonsense when wards are made to pay for paint... nx year same will happen.. If any parent can't pay. their other schools in Gh.. period.
All Die be Die 10 years ago

This is no school of prestige.You can only learn TWI there.

This is no school of prestige.You can only learn TWI there.
JH New York 10 years ago

The ability to pay is not the end of the story because not all of the parents may be affluent,or, earn enough money to be able to pay such exorbitant fees.That means some of them falls into the Corruption canker we cry about, ...
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The ability to pay is not the end of the story because not all of the parents may be affluent,or, earn enough money to be able to pay such exorbitant fees.That means some of them falls into the Corruption canker we cry about,which we turn around to blame the Presidency.
This so called expert's idea is neither here nor there.Because Ghana do not have a middle class status at this time.So what was the expert talking about !
Expert indeed !
LARYEAH 10 years ago

MOTHERFUCKER AND YOU MUST BE A TOGOLESE WHY VOODOO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR FOR EVERYTHING. FOOL!

MOTHERFUCKER AND YOU MUST BE A TOGOLESE WHY VOODOO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR FOR EVERYTHING. FOOL!
pee 10 years ago

Are sure something will be done about this?We really suffering.They should refound the money plus the interest.

Are sure something will be done about this?We really suffering.They should refound the money plus the interest.
Solomon 10 years ago

Prempeh even charged more than 1,500. In fact, the folks should face physical punishment.

Prempeh even charged more than 1,500. In fact, the folks should face physical punishment.
Ghana_Muntie 10 years ago

Such a silly move to bring the name of Prempeh College into disrepute. The trouble is that this sort of practice has been allowed to go on for far too long unchecked.
EOCO should investigate many of these 'middle-level' mana ...
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Such a silly move to bring the name of Prempeh College into disrepute. The trouble is that this sort of practice has been allowed to go on for far too long unchecked.
EOCO should investigate many of these 'middle-level' managers and expose their shady dealings.
A lot of the "leakages" the national treasury experiences,takes place withn the Health and Educational sectors which command 'huge' envelopes
as far as overall national espenditures are concerned. And these are precisely the areas where the 'crusade' against graft should focus on!
broda 10 years ago

Mfantsipim and Achimota also charged around 1300. why were they left out?

Mfantsipim and Achimota also charged around 1300. why were they left out?
Kofius 10 years ago

U ARE LYING. Mfantsipim charged 650 GH

U ARE LYING. Mfantsipim charged 650 GH
Ghana_Muntie 10 years ago

And let me say that neither Messrs I.K Chinebuah nor Allan Rudwick would have contemplated such a move! The behaviour of these school administrators is apalling,no matter how you look at it! Insistng that new students bring a ...
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And let me say that neither Messrs I.K Chinebuah nor Allan Rudwick would have contemplated such a move! The behaviour of these school administrators is apalling,no matter how you look at it! Insistng that new students bring along items like paint,cement,plywood?,nails?,sand?and wheelbarrow?;this is simply crazy,and I don`t give a hoot if any of these forms of extortion,had the blessing of PTAs or not!
Joe Black 10 years ago

the cocoa season is open for this school heads to rip parents off.

the cocoa season is open for this school heads to rip parents off.
mposuo 10 years ago

G.E.S for once do the right thing by dismissing them so that it will serve as a deterrent to others period.

G.E.S for once do the right thing by dismissing them so that it will serve as a deterrent to others period.
common sense 10 years ago

G.E.S. can do the right thing by making sure schools gov't releases subvention on time.. GES can also do the right thing by making sure gov't pays for paint so schools heads don't make parents pay.

G.E.S. can do the right thing by making sure schools gov't releases subvention on time.. GES can also do the right thing by making sure gov't pays for paint so schools heads don't make parents pay.
BBC NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!! 10 years ago

Please don't pay attention to "Y3n Akanfo" party the npp, now that u become their president? They can go ahead and cry like a baby who cares? They should blame the dwarf who send the country back 8 months with their fack elec ...
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Please don't pay attention to "Y3n Akanfo" party the npp, now that u become their president? They can go ahead and cry like a baby who cares? They should blame the dwarf who send the country back 8 months with their fack election petition in a court and sent the investors away.
Ghana_Muntie 10 years ago

Headquaqrters should be BOLD and hand these Heads teir PINK slips! How can these individuals enforce discipline in their schools when they brazenly flout policy directives from higher-ups?
I head the Headmaster of Mfantipim ...
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Headquaqrters should be BOLD and hand these Heads teir PINK slips! How can these individuals enforce discipline in their schools when they brazenly flout policy directives from higher-ups?
I head the Headmaster of Mfantipim on TV trying to rationalize his CORRUPT ways with a rather vain and ridiculous excuse that,a school like his, has standards to maintain,and thus, by extension,he should be allowed to do what he pleases!
My response to this kind of nonsense would be post him to a school in the 'boonies' where there is an obvious need to elevate the quality of education.
Many of these second cycle shool administrators have become 'tin-gods' in their little enclaves and feel they can 'do their own thing! Many have become 'filthy' rich, and can afford to take expensive vacations with their families on 'poor' pay packets they have consistently complained about. Many of them are worse than the much-despised CEPS officials.
kojo 10 years ago

They are among the corrupt public servants. Punish Them without delay.

They are among the corrupt public servants. Punish Them without delay.
KWAME, BELGIUM 10 years ago

What do we call these? Where are these going on? What a shame for the Ashanti Region of our dear land, Ghana.

What do we call these? Where are these going on? What a shame for the Ashanti Region of our dear land, Ghana.
JH New York 10 years ago

So, who said Ghanaians are not the architects of their problems !

So, who said Ghanaians are not the architects of their problems !
KOJO TUO 10 years ago

Please not only Prempeh college only it is the hole country schools charged. Some of the schools charged more than this go to OKESS SCHOOL and see before leave there u paid GHC1500. It is all over the country G.E.S You have a ...
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Please not only Prempeh college only it is the hole country schools charged. Some of the schools charged more than this go to OKESS SCHOOL and see before leave there u paid GHC1500. It is all over the country G.E.S You have a work to do.
TTK 10 years ago

I am sorry that you are saying ASHANTI REGION SCHOOLS ARE CHARGING UNAPPROVE FREES it is not true is all over the country schools are charging that amount 1500 One thousand Five hundred Ghana Cedis. Go to the other regions an ...
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I am sorry that you are saying ASHANTI REGION SCHOOLS ARE CHARGING UNAPPROVE FREES it is not true is all over the country schools are charging that amount 1500 One thousand Five hundred Ghana Cedis. Go to the other regions and ask.
Kwaku 10 years ago

I write to report on similar activities at New Juaben SHS in Koforidua. I am aware of a first year day student who was asked to pay GHc 650.00. Thereafter, the student was asked additional GHc 200.00 which is said to be suppl ...
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I write to report on similar activities at New Juaben SHS in Koforidua. I am aware of a first year day student who was asked to pay GHc 650.00. Thereafter, the student was asked additional GHc 200.00 which is said to be supplementary budget.
omanba 10 years ago

Most of these overcharged fees will be stolen by the Heads,their bursars and domestic bursars who are fleecing parents of students.

Most of these overcharged fees will be stolen by the Heads,their bursars and domestic bursars who are fleecing parents of students.
Kofi Bundase 10 years ago

St Louis, Kumasi Girls and almost all the schools in Kumasi charged above Ghs 1,500. Please do not joke with this, we need our refund, period.

St Louis, Kumasi Girls and almost all the schools in Kumasi charged above Ghs 1,500. Please do not joke with this, we need our refund, period.
boama 10 years ago

thank God, finally it has come to light .prempeh college is no more a school now but rather a financial instituition"bank" exploiting our parents without giving their best out in terms of teaching .God has seen you all...KWAS ...
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thank God, finally it has come to light .prempeh college is no more a school now but rather a financial instituition"bank" exploiting our parents without giving their best out in terms of teaching .God has seen you all...KWASIAFO)
kk 10 years ago

Others charged Gh650 yet collect special levy, 10bags of cement, house dues which when added together will be equivalent to Gh1300-1500.Are parents building govt. schools.
We don't have solution to our problems.

Others charged Gh650 yet collect special levy, 10bags of cement, house dues which when added together will be equivalent to Gh1300-1500.Are parents building govt. schools.
We don't have solution to our problems.
Robin Hood 10 years ago

If the heads themselves do not respect the authority of The GES, how do they expect their students to respect their instructions and directives? Things have really fallen apart in Ghana.Gone are the days in the 1960s and 1970 ...
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If the heads themselves do not respect the authority of The GES, how do they expect their students to respect their instructions and directives? Things have really fallen apart in Ghana.Gone are the days in the 1960s and 1970s when secondary schools were secondary schools,not the trash that exist these days.Charity begins at home and from the top,useless and corrupt heads!
TONY- C 10 years ago

PARENTS SHOULD NOT CRY AS THEY SAID THEY WANTED QUALITY EDUCATION. QUALITY GOES WITH MONEY. PLEASE KEEP QUITE AND PAY UP,SENSELESS GHANAIANS.

PARENTS SHOULD NOT CRY AS THEY SAID THEY WANTED QUALITY EDUCATION. QUALITY GOES WITH MONEY. PLEASE KEEP QUITE AND PAY UP,SENSELESS GHANAIANS.
Gambrah 10 years ago

Is it true that Saint Luis Senior High School in Kumasi charged its first year students as much as 2200 Ghana cedis?This must be investigated by GES.

Is it true that Saint Luis Senior High School in Kumasi charged its first year students as much as 2200 Ghana cedis?This must be investigated by GES.
Nii Okai 10 years ago

It is a bad thing to hear about these bad headteachers for charging unapproved fees. What a wicked and greedy behaviour of these devilish headteachers.

They are aware everybody is complaining about corruption in Ghana, so ...
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It is a bad thing to hear about these bad headteachers for charging unapproved fees. What a wicked and greedy behaviour of these devilish headteachers.

They are aware everybody is complaining about corruption in Ghana, so why all these. Parents are crying because they do not have enough to pay their wards' school fees, and if this is known to them [the headteachers] then why are they doing this to parents? My question is are they doing this to undermine the Mahama's NDC government so that the tribal minded Ashantis could have proof to lambast Mahama and NDC for what they have not done?.

Ghana is now a rotten nation. Can this happen in the eyes of Nkrumah? Ofcourse, big NO. The curse and the sickness in Ghana today is if you sanction them or sack these wicked headteachers, you will be surprised to see the same people being defended coming out to criticise the GES and to some extent even attacking the Mahama government.

What a curse people that Ghana has? I call it shame shame and disgraceful affairs of low mentality full of wickedness and greediness. Basically Ghanaians are at a level that they do not know what they want, especially if one studies closely their actions and reactions over many matters. It is all sad.
Billy 10 years ago

...& who says de pix above is dat of Prempeh students?.... the skuul uniform is dark green & not the white as seen in de pix above....again, Prempeh College funds most of it's projects because it has a solid old boy associati ...
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...& who says de pix above is dat of Prempeh students?.... the skuul uniform is dark green & not the white as seen in de pix above....again, Prempeh College funds most of it's projects because it has a solid old boy association.... those sayin it's only Twi dat is learnt der must be sick in the head...we r one of de best, if not de best college in this country.... & mind u, it's not only Ashanti's who attend or have attended Prempeh College _selah
tony 10 years ago

ITis becoming a big burden for the parents of juaben shs,the teachers are doing the same thing.Please the minister of education should intervene,Pls help us,charging a whole year fees for only two terms,where does the remaini ...
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ITis becoming a big burden for the parents of juaben shs,the teachers are doing the same thing.Please the minister of education should intervene,Pls help us,charging a whole year fees for only two terms,where does the remaining fees go?Shame.
Yaw adasah 10 years ago

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