TEMA, Ghana, 28 February: The Secretary-General of the Ghana Federation of Labour (GFL), Abraham Koomson, has called for urgent and decisive action to curb rising indiscipline in schools across the country.
According to him, the growing trend of student misconduct particularly at the senior high school level is deeply worrying and requires immediate intervention from authorities.
Speaking on Ahotor FM’s Yepe Ahunu show on Saturday, 28th February, Mr. Koomson urged stakeholders to adopt firm but measured responses to incidents of student violence.
He stressed that minors involved in such acts should be processed through the juvenile justice system rather than the mainstream criminal justice system, to ensure both accountability and rehabilitation.
His comments follow a violent clash during an annual inter-schools sporting event in Agona Swedru involving students of Obrachire Senior High Technical School (OSTECH) and Swedru School of Business.
A video circulating on social media shows an OSTECH student being severely assaulted. The victim was subsequently hospitalised and is reported to be in stable condition.
In response, the Ghana Education Service (GES) has launched investigations into the incident, while the Ghana Police Service, through its Central Regional Command, has also commenced a formal probe. Authorities have suspended all inter-school sporting activities in the Central Region until further notice.
Three students have so far been arrested in connection with the assault.
Mr. Koomson called on school authorities, teachers, and housemasters to strengthen supervision and preventive measures to curb hooliganism and ensure student safety during school programmes and extracurricular activities.
He emphasised that schools must not only focus on academic excellence but also on discipline, character formation, and responsible citizenship to prevent young people from drifting into destructive behaviour later in life.
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