GES Withdraws Directive For Achimota School To Admit Students With Dreadlocks

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A lawyer with the Rastafari Council, Ras Tetteh Wayo says the Ghana Education Service (GES) has backtracked on its initial directive that instructed the Achimota Senior High School to accept 2 students with dreadlocks

This follows the refusal of the Achimota School headmistress to enroll the 2 Rastafarian students because of their dreadlocks.

According to Ras Wayo, following the GES directive on March 20, GES called for a meeting with the parents of the students and the headmistress of Achimota Senior High School.

Speaking on The Pulse, Ras Tetteh Wayo revealed that during that meeting with the GES, the Service sided with the headmistress of Achimota and reversed its directive, and added that the initial directive by GES was just to keep the public calm.

It was the GES that called for the meeting for the 2 parties, i.e. the parents of the students and the Headmistress of Achimota School…and one of the GES’ deputy directors who chaired the meeting was clear that that was just to quell the media outburst and to bring a bit of calm environment in the country.

But the GES will still stand with the Headmistress of Achimota School’s position that they will only take on the young Ghanaians

He said

He added that GES deceived the citizens into thinking that it was going to restore peace

It was just to deceive the citizens of this country to believe that the GES is going to restore peace. So Ghana should be aware of how the matter has now unfolded and at this meeting, GES supported the position of Achimota headmistress

He said

Mr Wayo further said the 2 students who have been admitted have no other choice but must cut off their dreadlocks in order to enrol.

He stated that Rastafari Council is shocked by the GES’ reaction but they will look at other ways of resolving.