Child Rights International Calls For Investigations Into Akuse Student's Assault

The Executive Secretary of the Child Rights International, Bright Appiah has called for criminal investigations to be conducted into the recent assault on the final year student of the Akuse Methodist Senior High School in the Eastern Region.

He spoke to Joy FM.

According to him, looking at the severity of the punishment meted out to the student, the authorities in the education sector should not condone the act but rather call for criminal investigations into the assault irrespective of what wrong the student did.

A 17 year old final year student of the Akuse Methodist Senior High School in the Eastern Region (name withheld) was brutally beaten by her teachers; Mr. Tengue and Mr. Adolf, leaving her in bruises and acute pains.

The girl was said to have flouted some school rules and then subjected to severe beatings in front of the head teacher of the school.

Mr. Bright Appiah, addressing the issue, sought to find out the meaning of corporal punishment and within which confines can a person be subjected to this kind of punishment.

He strongly held that “criminal investigations must go on to be able to establish because offence has been committed against the child irrespective of what the child has done. And we need to also do that and make sure that we put certain things in proper perspective.”

Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana