The Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) has condemned the Ghana Education Service (GES) for its method of announcing the interdiction of some headteachers.
According to the Ashanti regional chairman of CHASS, Zakaria Suleman Yeboah, the headteachers particularly in the Ashanti Region only saw the letters asking them to step aside on social media.
He said they were yet to receive any letters as of Monday morning.
This brought the number of interdicted headteachers in two days to 11.
“None of them has received any letter to that effect; they heard the news on social media and are seriously traumatised. As we speak, they are not themselves, and I believe that it wasn’t the right thing to be done,” he complained.
Meanwhile, the national CHASS president, Rev. Father Stephen Owusu Sekyere, expressed concern over the allegations against the headteachers.
He said the conference’s inquiry from the affected headteachers revealed that some claims were false.
He called on GES to show mercy, saying that the interdictions have caused bitterness, fear, and panic in SHSs nationwide.
However, Rev. Father Sekyere emphasised that CHASS does not condone any unauthorised actions from its members.
He further cautioned headteachers to adhere strictly to the approved standard prospectus from GES.