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Why the GES must deal ruthlessly with Annor-Adjaye teachers who mercilessly flogged students

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It is with utmost regret the Human Rights Reporters Ghana (HRRG) reveals that several weeks after it broke the news of the unwarranted abuse and merciless canning which caused bodily harm to nineteen (19) final year students of Annor Adjaye Senior High School at Ezilibo of the Jomoro District of the Western Western Region, no action has been taken by the educational authorities to bring the seven (7) teachers who are alleged to have misconducted themselves by taking such needless action to book.  This revelation comes as a shock after the Western Regional Education Director in the person of Felicia Okai had earlier promised to ensure these teachers are punished for the wrongdoing. “The fact that they have broken the laws there would be repercussions for that. Be rest assured that they would be duly punished”, She stressed while speaking on an Accra based Angel FM’s Anopa Bofo Morning show on Tuesday, May 10 2022. She further hinted that, “we have banned corporal punishment in schools a