General Secretary for the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), Mr. Thomas Musah, has revealed that the outcome of case involving the death of nine students in Saboba will help the Ghana Education Service set out new laws of the use of students after school.
Nine pupils of Lwanga R/C JHS in the Saboba District of the Northern region died after a boat carrying them capsized.
The boat which capsized was crossing a river at Saboba in the Northern Region.
The deceased were among some 31 students crossing from Dutuin after helping their headteacher work on his farmland.
Commenting on the issue in an interview with host of Atinka FM’s AM Drive, Kaakyire Ofori Ayim, General Secretary for the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), Mr. Thomas Musah described the incident as unfortunate.
He mentioned that the findings of the case will inform the GES to make guidelines that will inform the teachers on their relationship with students.
“ I am optimistic that the outcome of the case will help the GES make clear distinctions on what teachers can ask students to do and what they cannot ask student to do. Even though there are clear-cut guidelines on contact hours and co-curriculum activities, working relations between students and teachers have been missing over the years,” Mr. Thomas Musah told Kaakyire Ofori Ayim.
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Mr. Thomas Musah also pleaded with the public to be circumpsect in their discussions in order not to prosecute the teacher in the court of public opinion even before the court makes its final decision
Meanwhile, the embattled headmaster Mr Jashain Emmanuel who has been charged with manslaughter, has been remanded to prison custody.
He will re-appear before Court on Monday 22nd November 2021.
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