The Ghana Education Service (GES) has suspended the salary of a teacher at Bole Senior High School accused of inappropriate sexual conduct involving a student after he reportedly absconded following the incident.
According to the GES, the teacher failed to report to duty after the allegation surfaced, prompting the Service to stop his salary and formally notify the Ghana Police Service to facilitate his arrest and further investigations.
Speaking to the media on Tuesday, July 1, Director-General of GES, Professor Ernest Kofi Davis, said the Service is working closely with security agencies to ensure the teacher is apprehended and made to face both criminal prosecution and internal disciplinary action.
He explained that the teacher had already been interdicted before the decision was taken to suspend his salary, describing his disappearance as a serious breach of duty.
Professor Davis stressed that the GES will enforce the toughest sanctions under its code of conduct if the allegations are established, insisting that the safety and protection of students remain a top priority.
“We want to pursue legal action against the staff involved and also take him through our established processes under the code of conduct so that, at the end of the day, we apply the rules as stipulated in our code of conduct.
“We will apply the toughest sanctions to serve as a deterrent because we want our school environment to be safe. Teachers who expose children the way we saw in the video have no place in GES,” he stated.
