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The Coalition of Concerned Teachers (CCT) is appealing to the Akufo-Addo led government to reconsider the decision of the Ghana Education Service (GES) to ban some types of punishments in schools.
According to CCT, the Ghanaian child is gradually becoming more indisciplined as a result of the ban on corporal punishment by the Ghana Education Service.[ads2]
The Concerned Teachers argued that inasmuch as they are against the abuse of corporal punishment by some teachers, it remains a major disciplinary tool.
Speaking at a press conference in Accra on Tuesday, November 16, 2021, the President of the Coalition of Concerned Teachers, King Ali Awudu, said the rise to various acts of indiscipline with some resulting in the death of teachers and students, as well as the destruction to school property is as a result of ban on some forms of punishment in schools.[ads3]
“It is an undeniable fact that the Ghanaian child is becoming more indisciplined as a result of the ban on corporal punishment and its related disciplinary measures in our schools, giving rise to various acts of indiscipline with some resulting in the death of teachers and students, as well as the destruction to school property. Inasmuch as we are against the abuse of corporal punishment by some teachers, it remains a major disciplinary tool”, Mr. Awudu said as quoted by citinewsonline.
He continued that, “We are, by this, requesting for broader stakeholder engagement to reconsider the decision of the GES to ban some types of punishments in our schools. When we allow the canker to continue, it may have dire consequences on the future of our children and the country as a whole.”[ads5]
