Eight teachers at the Ejisuman Senior High School have been found guilty of sexual harassment by a special investigative committee following allegations by students.
The Ghana Education Service set up a special committee to investigate allegations of sexual harassment levelled against teachers of Ejisuman SHS in the Ashanti Region after some students accused them of sexual harassment.
Over ten of the female students accused the teachers of forcing them to ‘stroke their manhood until they ejaculate’ as a form of punishment. While parents of some students demanded the teachers be transferred after reports showed that they harass students for sex in exchange for good grades.
The teachers that the report found guilty of sexual harassment have been referred to the GES for disciplinary action.
The committee in a 38-page report signed by its chairman Patrick Debrah Boateng accused the Nkosuohene of Ejisu Nana Kofi Poku of interfering with the day-to-day administration of the school
The 38-page report by the Special Committee contains the following:
– 10 students appeared before the committee to testify against the teachers. They include one student who has since left Ejisuman SHS.
– Nine teachers in all appeared before the committee and eight are now to face GES disciplinary action.
– The report, however, cleared the teachers of penetrative sex with the students.
– The committee is also recommending restrictions on the Nkosuohene of Ejisu Nana Kofi Poku. He’ll require special permission before being able to visit the school.
“A video recording involving a female student and an officer of the school was orchestrated by Nana Kofi Opoku,” the report noted.
The report makes the following general recommendations:
1. Female students should report love or sex proposals by their teachers and male students to the Guidance and Counseling Unit of the school.
2. School authorities should deal with reports of sex proposals by the teachers appropriately.
3. School authorities should encourage parents /guardians to entrust their female wards to the hands of the female teachers, eg. Their remittances should pass through the female teachers to avoid the temptation of male teachers (who receive these remittances for the girls) taking undue advantage of the situation.
4. The Guidance and Counselling Unit in the school should intensify its education on sex matters for the female students.
5. School authorities should report promptly any unlawful interference in the school administration by Nana Nkosuohene to the Traditional Council, Municipal Director of Education, the Regional Director of Education and the Municipal Chief Executive.
6. Any staff who seizes unauthorized gadget from a student should send it to the administration for proper records to be kept.
7. Delegation of Power from Management/Administration to teachers and other staff should be properly supervised by the Headmistress.
