The Deputy Director General of Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET), David Prah, has cautioned all principals of various schools against collecting unauthorized monies and items from students before they are given admission.
This comes after the management of the Ghana TVET Service has, with immediate effect, interdicted the principal of Cape Coast Technical Institute and a host of other 3 principals in the TVET schools in the country.
The interdiction follows the alleged collection of unauthorized fees amounting to GHC 760.00 from each of the Form One students during the admission process of the 2023–24 academic year.
In a response to this release, in an interview with Nana Yaw Mensah Joel on the Oyerepa Breakfast Show on Monday morning, Mr. Prah explained that the illegalities in the various schools are something they can no longer tolerate, hence the need to crack the whip to deter the rest from emulating such bad actions.
“I am happy we have been able to embark on such action to help sanitize our education system,” he stated.
Saying that management would not spare any principal or head of school who is caught taking unauthorized funds and items from students before entry.
“Anyone who will take unauthorized money and items from parents before being given admission will have to face this same situation,” he said.
He also expressed his total disappointment over students being denied admission because they could not afford the items and money required by some heads of schools.
“There shouldn’t be any extra bill for parents before getting admission to their wards, which is not done that way,” he added.
Meanwhile, the management of the Ghana TVET Service has therefore directed Mr. Lovelace Ayensu to hand over the administration of the institute to the Central Regional Director of the Ghana TVET Service and cooperate with the committee set up to investigate the matter.
Source: oyerepafmonline.com/Nana Freduah Agyemang Derrick
