Housemaster of Kalpohin SHS reported to police over tragic death of student

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Jac 1 year ago

The negligence by our schools is becoming one too many. The government must sit up.

The negligence by our schools is becoming one too many. The government must sit up.
Gyatase 1 year ago

Housemaste's job is a thankless one. Soon no one would like to be one. Students can be mischievous and it is sometimes to tell real from pretense. No teacher takes delight in the misery of any student. Housemaster's duties ...
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Housemaste's job is a thankless one. Soon no one would like to be one. Students can be mischievous and it is sometimes to tell real from pretense. No teacher takes delight in the misery of any student. Housemaster's duties are are additional to the primary teaching job. It is sacrificial. The extra allowance is not worth writing home about.
Frank Agyena-Karikari 1 year ago

You are very right. I was a Housemaster for a number of years in High Schools and College before I left the country. The allowances given to Housemasters and Mistresses are insults taking into consideration the demands and na ...
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You are very right. I was a Housemaster for a number of years in High Schools and College before I left the country. The allowances given to Housemasters and Mistresses are insults taking into consideration the demands and nature of their work. Many teachers will decline to occupy such positions. No teacher will want a student dead.
The problem is that many students feign illnesses just to be given an exeat to go and fool around in town. As a student, I did it before. The best that can be done is to have a Sick Bay with qualified nurses who can attend to students who claim to be sick before they are taken to hospital in the company of a trusted teacher.
The students live in overcrowded rooms, eat poor food and lack any physical exercise. What should we expect from such situations? I am sorry for the death of the student but don’t blame the Housemistress. Modern students are too honest to be trusted. If I were to teach in Ghana again, nothing will make me become a Housemaster. It is just a crazy and torturous position at all schools in Ghana.
Asi 1 year ago

Where's the negligence in this story?

Where's the negligence in this story?
WaLL 1 year ago

Negligence of not calling emergency ambulance and delayed.She contracted food poisoning or food bacteria !!

Negligence of not calling emergency ambulance and delayed.She contracted food poisoning or food bacteria !!
the Villager 1 year ago

The school is just about 3km to TTH

The school is just about 3km to TTH
Ghana 1 year ago

Its regular practice for school authorities to entrust sick students to their fellow colleagues to send to hospital, etc and that's very very bad!!

Its regular practice for school authorities to entrust sick students to their fellow colleagues to send to hospital, etc and that's very very bad!!
Cant Blame Him ! 1 year ago

I thought he may have assaulted the student leading to his condition but that is not the case.

What if he does not have a car. Wait for an ambulance in that bush?. What else could he have done that he didnt do. I doubt if ...
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I thought he may have assaulted the student leading to his condition but that is not the case.

What if he does not have a car. Wait for an ambulance in that bush?. What else could he have done that he didnt do. I doubt if he is really at fault for a xircumstance beyond his control.!
It’s not his fault 1 year ago

Do you know the number of students under the care of one housemaster? If he must take every student to hospital himself do you think he will have time to attend to even basic needs of his and his family?
That’s why it’s ...
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Do you know the number of students under the care of one housemaster? If he must take every student to hospital himself do you think he will have time to attend to even basic needs of his and his family?
That’s why it’s important that govt ensure that there are health personnel; a nurse or physician assistant stationed in all schools who work 24/7 to at least give first aid. But for most schools, there is not enough housing facilities even for skeletal domestic staff. That’s something PTA can take up but govt has crippled the efficiency of the association.
WaLL 1 year ago

Why not called ambulance ?..Ghanaians educated ppl still behave as illiterate.As headmaster call Ambulance for the student right away..the student contracted either food poisoning or food bacteria..

Why not called ambulance ?..Ghanaians educated ppl still behave as illiterate.As headmaster call Ambulance for the student right away..the student contracted either food poisoning or food bacteria..
Ghanaman 1 year ago

Who will pay for the ambulance? This is Ghana, not UK or US, where you dial 911 and they come just like that. Here, for some of them, you send the ambulance fee first before they spark the ambulance. Is the housemaster paid m ...
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Who will pay for the ambulance? This is Ghana, not UK or US, where you dial 911 and they come just like that. Here, for some of them, you send the ambulance fee first before they spark the ambulance. Is the housemaster paid money for ambulance? Perhaps you want to donate money to the school for ambulance emergencies.
wofa yaw 1 year ago

When I was very sick in the 1980's in Secondary school, it was my very great friend who took me to the hospital. I would have died on the school compound. We are still great friends up to today when we are in our 60's.

When I was very sick in the 1980's in Secondary school, it was my very great friend who took me to the hospital. I would have died on the school compound. We are still great friends up to today when we are in our 60's.
Wofa Yaw! 1 year ago

In Ghana in such circunstances in remote areas 2 legs are better than 4. The four kegs can leave you in the midfle of the road for 20 + 1 reasons. If the distance is manageable get eirher a motorcycle or the back of a two-leg ...
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In Ghana in such circunstances in remote areas 2 legs are better than 4. The four kegs can leave you in the midfle of the road for 20 + 1 reasons. If the distance is manageable get eirher a motorcycle or the back of a two-legged human and you good to go. RIP youngman
king Maxi 1 year ago

Are our students consuming contaminated/expired rice??? Kevin Tailor broke this scandal weeks ago!!!!! student deaths at Aburi Girls, this one from Tamale......stomach pains ... vomiting something is wrong......

Are our students consuming contaminated/expired rice??? Kevin Tailor broke this scandal weeks ago!!!!! student deaths at Aburi Girls, this one from Tamale......stomach pains ... vomiting something is wrong......
Hp 1 year ago

Is okay waiiii

Is okay waiiii
WaLL 1 year ago

Yeah.that could be deadly.Food poisoning!!

Yeah.that could be deadly.Food poisoning!!
Joe 1 year ago

Make secondary schools in Ghana day and remove all these burdens (including feeding, utility bills etc) from the government.

Make secondary schools in Ghana day and remove all these burdens (including feeding, utility bills etc) from the government.
Skemeches 1 year ago

In China you school in the province/region of your residence. As students leave campus friday afternoon and return Sunday evening. Mon-Fri noon is for schooling. With this system parents can also monitor their kids, and the p ...
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In China you school in the province/region of your residence. As students leave campus friday afternoon and return Sunday evening. Mon-Fri noon is for schooling. With this system parents can also monitor their kids, and the problems with exeat will be over.
WaLL 1 year ago

Exactly .Ghana BPA ding school is a burden to parents and a nation action issue that politicians playing politics around it!!

Exactly .Ghana BPA ding school is a burden to parents and a nation action issue that politicians playing politics around it!!
WaLL 1 year ago

Wrong text !!

Wrong text !!
Jb 1 year ago

Have teachers now become school nurses?At secondary schools we all were sent to hospitals by our fellow students. If the housemates signed the exeat for him ,was it his duty to transport him personally to the hospital. Did th ...
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Have teachers now become school nurses?At secondary schools we all were sent to hospitals by our fellow students. If the housemates signed the exeat for him ,was it his duty to transport him personally to the hospital. Did the master have a car to do that?.this IA a tragic event but evoking emotions against the master at this stage is unfair.
Education Minister 1 year ago

The Education Officer at GES should be arrested and thrown into prison. Why should he sit in his office for the boy to die

The Education Officer at GES should be arrested and thrown into prison. Why should he sit in his office for the boy to die
444 1 year ago

Wo y3 koobi wae

Wo y3 koobi wae
Kl 1 year ago

Read the story well especially the ending part

Read the story well especially the ending part
WaLL 1 year ago

@JB.The president of this country taunting about national ambulance,what is it purposes ..the purposes as a headmaster witnessing such situation call Ambulance!!

@JB.The president of this country taunting about national ambulance,what is it purposes ..the purposes as a headmaster witnessing such situation call Ambulance!!
NO MERCY!!! 1 year ago

I absolutely can't comprehend, neither do I fathom what's been going on of late in our she. These untimely deaths of the students is soooooo rampant in our schools of late.. What at all is going on over there.

I absolutely can't comprehend, neither do I fathom what's been going on of late in our she. These untimely deaths of the students is soooooo rampant in our schools of late.. What at all is going on over there.
WaLL 1 year ago

Food bacteria or food poisoning could be a factor and also,head master/mistress do not care about students anymore .They either concentrate on their paycheck or their bribery on admission

Food bacteria or food poisoning could be a factor and also,head master/mistress do not care about students anymore .They either concentrate on their paycheck or their bribery on admission
Abdel 1 year ago

I have picked an SHS student on my motor bike before and rushed to a nearby pharmacy for first aid.

This happened in front of the school, Tamale. The poor girl was crying with her hands on her stomach, only two of her fri ...
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I have picked an SHS student on my motor bike before and rushed to a nearby pharmacy for first aid.

This happened in front of the school, Tamale. The poor girl was crying with her hands on her stomach, only two of her friends were assisting her walk to the said pharmacy.

I don't understand why Ghanaian students in general are not being treated humanly in our various schools across all levels, especially public schools
Naa Adorkor 1 year ago

What are the National Standards for boarding schools in Ghana? Who can share that information with us? Who is supposed to take students to health facilities for care when they are unwell? What is the maximum number of studen ...
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What are the National Standards for boarding schools in Ghana? Who can share that information with us? Who is supposed to take students to health facilities for care when they are unwell? What is the maximum number of students to be allocated to one such responsible person? I keep asking!!!
Poacher 1 year ago

What are the standards for holding public office?

What are the standards for holding public office?
Ghanaman 1 year ago

It seems the GES hasn't yet thought this through

It seems the GES hasn't yet thought this through
Bastie is a SATANIC Homesexual 1 year ago

Bastie is a SATANIC Homosexual

Bastie is a SATANIC Homesexual 7 hours ago
Bastie is a SATANIC HOMOSEXUAL 3 hours ago
Bastie is a SATANIC HOMOSEXUAL 6 hours ago
Crime Alert. — Bastie is a SATANIC Homosexual

Bastie ...
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Bastie is a SATANIC Homosexual

Bastie is a SATANIC Homesexual 7 hours ago
Bastie is a SATANIC HOMOSEXUAL 3 hours ago
Bastie is a SATANIC HOMOSEXUAL 6 hours ago
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Bastie is NOT a Ghanaian, but a 419 Foreigner Nigerian, falsely describing himself as Bono

Bastie is also, EVIL Homosexual member of Alquedas, and and ISIS TERRORIST Organizations

NOTE —. Bastie’s Prostitute Mother is a SATANIC LESBIAN, whose vagina smells too bad, according to many people from Bastie’s village

Bastie is INFERIOR Sub-human and sub-ANIMAL Evil Anus Homosexual

Bastie is NOT Bono, but a Foreigner whose DNA is feaces, shit, toilet, latrine Carrier

Bastie knows he is Inferior

Bastie is INFERIOR, and forever INFERIOR to ASANTE HUMAN-BEINGS it hates

News to be forwarded across Ghana, and around the World

NOTE : SHARE the News to DEFEAT, and totally DESTROY Satanic Bastie, who is Sub-human ANiMALISTIC, and other Sub-human TERRORISTS
Kwami - US 1 year ago

This student may have died from food poisoning. Kevin Taylor vindicated. The government must stop bullying expired foodstuffs and plastic rice

This student may have died from food poisoning. Kevin Taylor vindicated. The government must stop bullying expired foodstuffs and plastic rice
NDC APUUUUUUUUUUU 1 year ago

NDC teachers trying hard to sabotage the FREE SHS.

NDC teachers trying hard to sabotage the FREE SHS.
Asomasi 1 year ago

Don't just say anything from your stomach. Give reasons. Do you know the number of students I've sent to the hospital and it turned out that they were faking sickness?

Don't just say anything from your stomach. Give reasons. Do you know the number of students I've sent to the hospital and it turned out that they were faking sickness?
Asi 1 year ago

What I don't get is if the inability of the housemaster to accompany the boy is the cause of death!
Taflatse kafra is the housemaster an oxygen tank? What's wrong with colleagues helping out? How many kids are under the car ...
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What I don't get is if the inability of the housemaster to accompany the boy is the cause of death!
Taflatse kafra is the housemaster an oxygen tank? What's wrong with colleagues helping out? How many kids are under the care of the poor man? How many classes and other specified and unspecified works on the man?
Citizen1 1 year ago

Hmmm SHS and its problems
Sometimes these sick students don't have money , it is the house master who will take care of all the expenses .
The worse is that their parents will not even call to appreciate what you have don ...
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Hmmm SHS and its problems
Sometimes these sick students don't have money , it is the house master who will take care of all the expenses .
The worse is that their parents will not even call to appreciate what you have done for them .
Sacosty 1 year ago

No teacher takes delight in seeing a student go through such ordeal. The reality is that teachers are poorly remunerated in this country yet so much sacrifice is expected of them by the general public. When my financial stand ...
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No teacher takes delight in seeing a student go through such ordeal. The reality is that teachers are poorly remunerated in this country yet so much sacrifice is expected of them by the general public. When my financial stands was much better in the past, I gladly used to cater for the hospital bills of the less privilege students. If you care to know, most students appreciate the love their teachers extend to them in the absence of their parents. RIP boy!
Housemasters are suffering 1 year ago

Housemasters and mistresses are the main implementers of FSHS policy. It must well understood that they do rest from January to December. No vacation, no rest and no meaningful allowance for their hardworking.

All their s ...
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Housemasters and mistresses are the main implementers of FSHS policy. It must well understood that they do rest from January to December. No vacation, no rest and no meaningful allowance for their hardworking.

All their sufferings and meritorious services are not recognized. How much is the Housemasters allowance? It would shock you to know.

The spends millions of dollars on football and ignores to motivate teachers who are nation builders.

Leave the poor housemaster alone. House Masters spend their own money on sick students. The government doesn't pay anything. Ask GES
Housemasters are suffering 1 year ago

Housemasters and mistresses are the main of FSHS policy. It must be well understood that housemasters do not rest from January to December. No vacation, no rest and no meaningful allowance for their hardworking.

All thei ...
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Housemasters and mistresses are the main of FSHS policy. It must be well understood that housemasters do not rest from January to December. No vacation, no rest and no meaningful allowance for their hardworking.

All their sufferings and meritorious services are not recognized by anybody .How much is the Housemasters allowance? It would shock you to know.

The state spends millions of dollars on football and ignores to motivate teachers who are nation builders.

Leave the poor housemaster alone. House Masters spend their own money on sick students. The government doesn't pay anything. Ask GES.
Esi 1 year ago

If the government continue to give this children expiring food they wiil die one by one . Akuffo Addo and his Akyem mafias are very wicked.They divert our oil money and import expire food for our children to eat.They must be ...
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If the government continue to give this children expiring food they wiil die one by one . Akuffo Addo and his Akyem mafias are very wicked.They divert our oil money and import expire food for our children to eat.They must be a law that every minister must send his or her children to free SHS in Ghana like Rwanda.
Adio Kiko 1 year ago

This is becoming unbecoming. A female student also died in another school last week through the negligence of nurse attached to her school. Such negligent people should be severely punished to deter like-minded ones.

This is becoming unbecoming. A female student also died in another school last week through the negligence of nurse attached to her school. Such negligent people should be severely punished to deter like-minded ones.
WaLL 1 year ago

Seriously issues in this FSHS need a state capture.Parents going through ordeal and somethings need to be done!!

Seriously issues in this FSHS need a state capture.Parents going through ordeal and somethings need to be done!!
Integrity 1 year ago

Very sad. Let's pray for our children in the various SHS and the Tertiary institutions. This is election year and we need to pray for God's protection against human sacrifices by politicians. Ghana we dey

Very sad. Let's pray for our children in the various SHS and the Tertiary institutions. This is election year and we need to pray for God's protection against human sacrifices by politicians. Ghana we dey
Gyankromian 1 year ago

PRAYING FOR WHAT?
WHO prays more than students in boarding school?

PRAYING FOR WHAT?
WHO prays more than students in boarding school?
Ghana 1 year ago

Is the food...buffer stock people are chopping d feeding grants while they cook poison for d students..

Is the food...buffer stock people are chopping d feeding grants while they cook poison for d students..
Elephant Farmer 1 year ago

Aburi Girls student died last week. Headmistress called the parents from Labady (no Hospital). No first aid, nothing. Taxi drivers looking around for small Girls, but no transportation for the student. Mum and dad came all th ...
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Aburi Girls student died last week. Headmistress called the parents from Labady (no Hospital). No first aid, nothing. Taxi drivers looking around for small Girls, but no transportation for the student. Mum and dad came all the way to Aburi Girls SHS to take their daughter to Teteh Kwashie Hospital, 10 minutes drive. Dead on arrival. Housemaster did what?
Joe 1 year ago

So as at now in this 21st century, can't GES/MOE provide schools with nurses on site?. Ohh Ama Ghana is in the hands of wicked and treacherous leaders.

So as at now in this 21st century, can't GES/MOE provide schools with nurses on site?. Ohh Ama Ghana is in the hands of wicked and treacherous leaders.
Alhamdulillah 1 year ago

May Almighty Allah grant the student Jannatul firdaus
It is Allah who gives and takes. May Allah soften the hearts of the student's parents. Aameen
Teachers don't create souls nor maintain souls. Nobody has the power to ...
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May Almighty Allah grant the student Jannatul firdaus
It is Allah who gives and takes. May Allah soften the hearts of the student's parents. Aameen
Teachers don't create souls nor maintain souls. Nobody has the power to prevent death. God never makes mistakes. Some people sound as if they created themselves, hence particular comments. May Allah forgive whoever is against the senior Housemaster.

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