WHY ASHANTI STUDENTS-REGIONAL MINISTER WONDERS

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The Ashanti Regional Minister, Peter Anarfi-Mensah has expressed serious concern about recent spate of student agitations in the country with most of them initiated from the Ashanti region.

 He mentioned for instance, unrests among teacher trainees in some of the Colleges of Education. 

The Regional Minister warned therefore that government will not interfere in the legitimate disciplinary procedures of any school against students who willfully break rules and regulations.

 Speaking at a durbar to climax 75 years of the founding of Osei Tutu Senior High School at Akropong in the Ashanti region, Mr. Anarfi-Mensah described as unfortunate that students find it difficult to adhere to rules and regulations within both the school and larger society. 

He condemned students’ indulgence in such anti-social behaviours like robbery, occultism, rape, indecent dressing and examination malpractices since such tendencies are impediments to students own wellbeing and educational development.

 Touching on the theme of the anniversary: “75 Years of Quality Boy Child Education; The Role of the Church, the Royalty and the State”, the Regional Minster disclosed that government has provided a total of 25 thousand bunker beds and 18 thousand mono-desks for distribution to senior high schools in the Ashanti region. 

The region has as well benefitted from 10 of the first batch of the community senior high schools, adding that the construction of these schools are at various stages of completion. 

These are steps being taking by government to make second cycle education easily accessible. 

A Lecturer at the Department of Environmental Science at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Dr. Philip Antwi Agyei, who is an old boy of the school, commended the church in particular for its contribution to the provision of formal education in the country.

 He noted with concern however, that most churches of today have neglected the wellbeing of their members. 

Instead, they are taking away the little income the economically vulnerable members have.

 Dr. Antwi Agyei asked the churches to also contribute to the welfare of their members by providing scholarship schemes to supplement what parents provide to their wards education. 

Some students were honoured with monetary and material gifts for their outstanding performances in their respective endeavours both academically and in extra-curricular activities. 

Some current and past staff were presented with gifts and citations for their hard work and long service.

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