INSTITUTE MEASURES AGAINST SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF FEMALE STUDENTS
The Ministry of Education, the Ghana Education Service (GES) and religious bodies have been urged to institute stricter measures to deal with male teachers who sexually harass female students in schools.
The Director of the New York University in Ghana, Professor Akosua Anyidoho, who made the call said, “If a teacher or a school official, who should know better causes the termination of a girl’s education, the law should be made to deal with him”.
“Such predators should not be allowed to teach; transferring them to other schools to continue their act is not enough a punishment and society, including religious bodies must condemn such acts unequivocally”, she added.
Prof Anyidoho was speaking at the 84th speech and prize giving day/founders day of Krobo Girls’ Senior High School on the theme “Socio-economic development of Ghana, the role of Girl Education”.
She emphasised that the growing tendency of such male teachers’ misbehaviour was completely unacceptable and must be stopped.
She observed that sexual harassment of girls by their male teachers and other school officials which had been found occurring in many schools in the country had the tendency to sabotage the education of many young girls.
She, therefore, admonished all male teachers to exhibit professionalism and discipline in the discharge of their duties in order to give their female students the chance to contribute to the socio-economic development of the nation.
Prof Anyidoho also highlighted that although government had a role to play in ensuring that the right policies and strategies for girl child education were in put in place, all girls, collectively had a role to play by taking advantage of the opportunities available to them and making them worthwhile.
“You must develop the right attitude to education and must be prepared to go through the required training and discipline”, she added.
The Headmistress of the school, Ms Cecilia Obenewa Appiah noted that although the school had achieved some academic successes over the years, it still faced a myriad of challenges.
She mentioned the lack of a fence wall, made it possible for people living around the school to have a thorough fare through the compound, the inadequate space of the school’s library, which takes only 20 students at a time, inadequate classrooms and the absence of Internet facility at the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) laboratory as some of the challenges facing the school.
For instance, Ms Appiah said due to the increased student population, the current classroom blocks were over-stretched and students had to take over the Students’ Representative Council (SRC) built visitors lounge, dining hall and any available space for a classroom which were not convenient for academic purposes.
She, however, expressed gratitude to the government, the Ghana Education Service (GES), GETFund and the school’s Parent-Teacher Association for their contribution towards the infrastructural development of the school.
The Director of the New York University in Ghana, Professor Akosua Anyidoho, who made the call said, “If a teacher or a school official, who should know better causes the termination of a girl’s education, the law should be made to deal with him”.
“Such predators should not be allowed to teach; transferring them to other schools to continue their act is not enough a punishment and society, including religious bodies must condemn such acts unequivocally”, she added.
Prof Anyidoho was speaking at the 84th speech and prize giving day/founders day of Krobo Girls’ Senior High School on the theme “Socio-economic development of Ghana, the role of Girl Education”.
She emphasised that the growing tendency of such male teachers’ misbehaviour was completely unacceptable and must be stopped.
She observed that sexual harassment of girls by their male teachers and other school officials which had been found occurring in many schools in the country had the tendency to sabotage the education of many young girls.
She, therefore, admonished all male teachers to exhibit professionalism and discipline in the discharge of their duties in order to give their female students the chance to contribute to the socio-economic development of the nation.
Prof Anyidoho also highlighted that although government had a role to play in ensuring that the right policies and strategies for girl child education were in put in place, all girls, collectively had a role to play by taking advantage of the opportunities available to them and making them worthwhile.
“You must develop the right attitude to education and must be prepared to go through the required training and discipline”, she added.
The Headmistress of the school, Ms Cecilia Obenewa Appiah noted that although the school had achieved some academic successes over the years, it still faced a myriad of challenges.
She mentioned the lack of a fence wall, made it possible for people living around the school to have a thorough fare through the compound, the inadequate space of the school’s library, which takes only 20 students at a time, inadequate classrooms and the absence of Internet facility at the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) laboratory as some of the challenges facing the school.
For instance, Ms Appiah said due to the increased student population, the current classroom blocks were over-stretched and students had to take over the Students’ Representative Council (SRC) built visitors lounge, dining hall and any available space for a classroom which were not convenient for academic purposes.
She, however, expressed gratitude to the government, the Ghana Education Service (GES), GETFund and the school’s Parent-Teacher Association for their contribution towards the infrastructural development of the school.
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