A 19-year-old dreadlocked student, who has been denied admission at Osei Kyeretwie Senior High School (OKESS) in the Ashanti Region, says he is considering quitting school for good.
Selasi Yankee with aggregate 15 was placed at OKESS by Ghana Education Service (GES) computer placement system only to be denied admission by the school’s authorities under the pretext that “school regulations do not permit dreadlocks on campus”.
Speaking on Akoma FM, Selasi Yankee disclosed that he will rather choose to keep his dreadlocks over school when it comes down for him to choose between cutting his locks before he’s admitted into school.
In other related news, another student was denied admission to Achimota School because of his dreadlocks.
Apparently, GES later came out with a directive to Achimota School asking them to admit the student.