Africa Education Watch has condemned a disciplinary action taken by the Ghana Education Service (GES) against seven female students of Ejisuman Senior High School.

The girls were expelled over the content of a social media video that went viral.

The Africa Education Watch, an NGO in the education space, has asked GES to reconsider its decision to expel the girls from the boarding house.

“Punishing the girls by sacking them from boarding school only to place them in hostels without any parental or school control will expose them to further delinquency and harm,” a statement signed by Executive Director of AEW Kofi Asare said.

The seven girls were expelled by the Ghana Education Service from the boarding house of Ejisuman Senior High School in Kumasi after they were deemed to have engaged in activities that tarnished the school’s image.

The expulsion, which takes effect from February 6, comes after the girls were seen in the social media video.

In the video, one of the girls was justifying sleeping with multiple partners and condemning girls who fail to allow their partners to have sex with them. Her colleagues, standing behind her were cheering her on.

Although the GES has justified its action explaining that the cation by the girls is an infringement of GES’ law that inhibits students from using phones in school, AEW says the de-boardinisation method of punishment does not salvage matters but only makes matters worse.

According to the NGO, although “it is important to sanction students when they breach the rules of conduct in school as a way of instilling discipline and deterring others the GES must note that most of these decisions must be arbitrary, archaic and contradictory.”

in African Education Watch’s defence of the girls, the NGOhe mode of discipline against the girls is archaic, backing its stance with article 17 of the African Charter of the Human and Peoples Rights which states that “every individual have the right to education.

“We note that in as much as it is important to sanction students when they have breached the rules of conduct in school as a way of instilling discipline and deterring others the GES must note that most of these decisions must be arbitrary, archaic and contradictory,” the statement from the NGO added.

Although Africa Education Watch said ti admits that the GES has the mandate to groom students to become responsible adults, however, it believes that adopting positive strategies will best serve the interest of students.

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