Minister of Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has warned that students with long hairstyles will not be tolerated in Senior High Schools, insisting that discipline and proper grooming remain non-negotiable.
The minister made these comments while delivering a speech during Mawuli Senior High School’s 75th Anniversary.
In excerpts of his speech making rounds online, Haruna Iddrisu emphatically stated that the Ghana Education Service (GES) will not tolerate this act.
He explained that if the GES allows students to keep bushy hairstyles, it would pave the way for other forms of indiscipline.
He added that heads of schools should take full authority by ensuring that such practices are not encouraged.
“There is an ongoing debate on social media about haircuts, hairstyles, and hair lengths in secondary schools. We will not tolerate it today. We will not tolerate it tomorrow. And so long as we are molding character, if we give in to hair today, tomorrow it will be shoes, and the next day, it will be the way they dress.
“Therefore, as part of our disciplinary measures, headmasters and GES, you are accordingly empowered to take full control of how students behave on your campuses. So anybody who thinks that your child will walk into any institution of learning as if that child, forgive my words, was to attend a beauty contest,” he said.
Haruna Iddrisu further issued a stern warning to teachers found engaging in acts of indiscipline in Senior High Schools.
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According to him, the Ghana Education Service will not tolerate any form of abuse from tutors toward students, adding that teachers who take advantage of learners will face severe sanctions.
“There is a lot of growing indiscipline in our schools. Some, even with teachers abusing learners, we will not accept that. We will apply heavy sanctions to any teacher who seeks to take advantage of a learner,” he added.
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BREAKING:No Tolerance for Long Hair in Senior High Schools-Hon. Haruna Iddrisu
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