The Minister for Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has instructed the Ghana Education Service (GES) to take immediate steps to restore discipline in senior high schools nationwide.

He raised concerns about what he described as a troubling breakdown in discipline within the country’s educational institutions.

Speaking to school heads during a meeting in Sunyani in the Bono Region, the Minister cited a recent shooting incident at the SDA Senior High School in Kumasi as a glaring example of the growing indiscipline in schools.

Referencing the incident, he remarked that it “leaves much to be desired,” and called for urgent reforms.

Haruna Iddrisu further noted that the GES Director-General, Professor Ernest Kofi Davis, has the full backing of the government to implement necessary reforms to curb violent behavior and instill discipline in schools.

“He has our full policy support to enforce those directives. So, the ‘unGhanaian’ development of shooting in Kumasi, the Director General of the GES has the full support of the government for you to strengthen your inspection in order that guns, knives, and other violent tools are not found in our schools,” he stated.

Meanwhile, the family of 16-year-old Suzi Adwoa Penamang—the SDA student who was shot by her colleague—is urgently appealing for financial assistance to prevent her from going blind as a result of her injuries.