He did not collect illegal fees from parents – Fijai PTA defends headmaster
The Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) of Fijai Senior High School (SHS) has jumped to the defense of the interdicted Headmaster, Kenneth Agbomadze.
Mr. Agbomadze is under investigation after he was interdicted by the Ghana Education Service (GES) for allegedly charging illegal fees from parents.
In a statement issued by GES on Tuesday, April 18, 2023, Mr. Kenneth Agbomodze was directed to hand over the administration of the school to the Western Regional Director of Education while a committee was set up to investigate the matter.
However, the PTA has indicated he is innocent of the allegations leveled against him.
According to the Chairman of the association, Rev. Father Gabriel Sampson, the headmaster only received fees the parents agreed to pay in order to assist the school.
“I’m a priest and I stand for the truth. I don’t have enough information but I am hearing he has been interdicted because of a fee we agreed to pay as parents. If that is the case, then I can tell you the headmaster is innocent of the allegations. He has not collected any illegal fee from parents,” he said.
The fees include Intervention fees of GH¢100 for two semesters, PTA dues of GH¢40 for two semesters, and a Special Support Levy of GH¢150 for two semesters.
Rev. Father Sampson added that the headmaster is privy to any decision taken by the PTA and that is the norm in every senior high school.
Meanwhile, the Western Regional PTA Chairman, Isaac Cobbina, said he believes there was a grand scheme to remove the headmaster other than the reasons GES cited.
“I think there could be other reasons attached to his interdiction or maybe he is being witch-hunted because the reasons don’t make any sense. If he is being interdicted because he was part of a meeting, then all headmasters in Ghana should be interdicted.
“You can ask every school, headmasters are part of our meetings. They are refusing to tackle the real problems facing the Free Senior High School Policy but some of us will not keep quiet for our children to suffer. Nobody can stop us from contributing to help our kids,” Mr. Cobbina stressed.