Wayoe Ghanamannti, lawyer of Oheneba Kwaku Nkrabea and Tyrone Iras Marhguy has written to the Achimota school asking the educational institution to state reasons for denying his clients admission into the school.
Wayoe Ghanamannti, in the letter dated March 23, 2021, said: “My clients inform me that their wards who have duly qualified and been placed in your school, by the Ghana Education Service have been refused entry to begin their academic work”.
Therefore, “kindly state your reasons for your actions to enable me to advise my clients accordingly, as academic work has begun in all Senior High Schools”, he added.
The Rastafarian students were barred from beginning the academic year at the Achimota School because of their dreadlocks. A number of Ghanaians have rebuked the school for taken such action.
The GES issued a directive to Achimota to allow the students however the school rejected it. This was supported by the Old Students Association and the Parents and Teachers Association of Achimota.
The President of the Old Achimotans Association, Prof. Ernest Aryeetey described the decision by the Ghana Education Service as undermining the authority of the school’s governing board.
The PTA Chairman, Dr. Andre Kwasi-Kumah, in a statement, said the school’s rules that insist that all students must keep their hair low, simple and natural cannot be compromised or exceptions made.
More so, the President of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), Angel Carbonu suggested that if Rastafarians want their children to keep their dreadlocks on in senior high schools (SHS), then they should set up their own schools in Ghana.
Mother of dreadlocked student, Maanaa Myers had expressed her disappointment over the non-compromising position by the school.
Source: citinewsroom.com
