The Akyem Tafo Traditional Council led by the Queen-mother and the Bretuohene on Tuesday stormed W.B.M Zion Senior High School also known as AMEZSS over the flogging of two students by a Senior Housemaster.
The Queen-mother -Nana Afrakoma Fri I and Barffuor Ofori Odiatuo Acheampong -Bretuohene visited the school for a fact-finding mission on the matter.
Two boarding students were lashed mercilessly on Thursday at about 10:00 pm by the Senior House Master identified as Mr. Dagar resulting in severe injuries of one of the students -Patrick Frimpong- a form two General Arts student. This is contrary to the banning of Corporal punishment in schools by the Ghana Education Service (GES).
Video capturing the strokes of the canes and injuries suffered by the students surfaced on social media on Saturday sparking anger and widespread condemnation.
The victims say they were whipped by the temperamental Senior House Master who accused them of laughing at him.
Management of the School has set up a committee to investigate the incident while GES is doing the same.
The youth in the community were threatening to attack the Senior House Master who committed the action alleging that it is becoming one too much his maltreatment of students in the school.
The Queen-mother of Akyem Tafo, Nana Aframoa Fri I, condemned the action of the teacher and called for speedy investigation.
The Queen-mother however advised the parents of the victims to be patient while urging all stakeholders to help instill discipline into the children without necessarily subjecting them to corporal punishment.
The Akwamu and Bretuohene of Akyem Tafo Baffuor Odiatuo Ofori Acheampong said the youth have been spoken to remain calm and abandon any plan to attack the school.
He said the W.B.M Zion Senior High School is facing lots of infrastructural challenges. He said the headmaster has been forced to give out his bungalow two teachers on campus to take care of both male and female boarding students due to lack of accommodation making supervision an arduous task for the teachers.
Source: Mybrytfmonline.com /Obed Ansah
