Child Rights International Ghana is requesting that Adisadel College’s administration reverse its decision to suspend students who were involved in a school-related assault.
The shocking incident involved a student locking the victim’s arms and violently slamming his face against a metal bed, causing the victim to bleed profusely below his right eye.
The suspension imposed on the students involved in the incident, according to Child Rights International, is severe and needs to be lifted.
Child Rights International also demanded that the incident be thoroughly investigated in order to address its criminality.
“The alleged act committed is criminal in nature and the institution must address the criminality of it based on a proper investigation to obtain a social enquiry report that will determine the kind of systems and the punishment regime to be offered to the parties involved. The parties may include the victim, the perpetrator, and non-participating students who encouraged the act and those who have been entrusted with a standard of care.”
In a statement, the advocacy group said that the Ghana Education Service (GES) should uphold the ruling only if the students’ attendance at the school poses a grave risk to other students.
“Despite the undeniable role the Ghana Education Service (GES) plays in this case, it is our view that the decision to dismiss the students is not informed by appropriate investigative channels and a social enquiry report. Therefore GES must rescind their decision and reinstate the students in the school unless their presence poses extreme threat to other students and such removal must be in accordance with Section 2 (1), (2), 8 (1).& 18 (1), (m) & (n) of the Children’s Act, 1998 (Act 560). Any decision taken in this process must always have the best interest of the CHILD.”
