Joesph Osei-Owusu, the First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, has expressed reservations about prosecuting the perpetrator of the Adisadel College attack.
The Deputy Speaker, addressing at Fettehman Senior High School’s 10-year anniversary celebration, believes that the problem may have been handled by the school’s administration rather than the offender being tried in a general court.
“We should reconsider how we raise children in this country because it is becoming a challenge.” It is critical to have a good upbringing. He has no reason to be so violent against another student. We would miss it if we discussed it in isolation. What happened in the school reflects what is going on throughout the country.
We believe we are not supposed to penalise students, and this is how we as a country pay for it.
“There is nothing wrong with students yelling at each other, but it is bad when it goes beyond regular bullying.” “I regret that this matter has been brought to court because it could have been addressed in the school, but the Attorney General believes otherwise,” Joseph Osei-Owusu said.
Despite criticising the student’s heinous behaviour, Hon. Osei Owusu says the offender should have been counselled so that he might concentrate on his education for the sake of his future.
In the footage, a 17-year-old final-year student is shown squeezing his colleague’s neck and then pounding his head on a metal bed, injuring the victim.
Mr. Osei Owusu has also expressed concern over deteriorating discipline standards, questioned the moral upbringing of Ghanaian youngsters, and urged for more conscious attempts to establish discipline in children.
“Whatever happened should be left in the past, and we should look forward to reforming the students in the video.” “We are blindly copying, and we must return to our roots as Ghanaians,” the First Deputy Speaker stated.
Meanwhile, on the topic of Fettehman Senior High School’s lack of suitable facilities, the First Deputy Speaker advised the Member of Parliament to voice concerns on the floor of Parliament for further action, while encouraging pupils to uphold strong moral values and integrity.
The school has an infrastructure deficit because the facilities on campus are insufficient for the approximately 1500 students.
Students had no choice but to eat under the trees.
Aside from these issues, the school has started a project to build a cottage for the headmistress of the school, but it needs help from the government and well-meaning Ghanaians to finish it.
The school’s board chairman, Joseph Annan, stated that the institution requires assistance to accommodate the over a thousand students.
“As a school, we have a lot of infrastructure deficits, ranging from a lack of teacher housing on campus to a lack of a dining hall, among other things.” This has made it difficult for the school to function,” said the school’s board chairman, Joseph Annan.
“With little effort, we have begun construction of the bungalow for the headmistress, but we will require support from corporate Ghana and the government to complete this project,” the board chairman stated.
The Regional Director of Education for the Central Region agrees that infrastructural issues on campuses of most senior high schools are substantial, but the directorate is working hard to address these challenges.
“The challenges of infrastructure on the campuses of some schools in the region cannot be overlooked,” Regional Director of Education Emmanuel Essuman explained.