The Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North Constituency in the Eastern Region, Gifty Twum Ampofo has condemned the vandalisation of the school properties by some students of Krobea Asante Technical and Vocational Institute in the Ashanti Region.
She described their behavior as uncalled-for and shouldn’t be entertain in the education field saying, no matter what the situation may be, it is not right for students to take the law into their own hands to vandalise school properties.
Having condemned their behavior, she noted that, she is against the punishment of dismissing students for offenses committed because it has the potential of destroying their future.
However, she suggested they can be punished in other way round after investigations have been undertaken to serve as a deterrent to others.
Gifty Ampofo who doubles as the Deputy Minister for Education in charge of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) was speaking to Kingdom FM’s KONTIHEN KOFI OBOH when she embark on ‘My First Day At School’ visitation to the KG1 fresh students in her Constituency.
She also used the opportunity to inspect the ongoing nine Educational infrastructure in the area.
She then call on parents, clergy and traditional leaders to advise students to desist from such behavior because gov’t has invested heavily in FSHS and it is their responsibility to protect the educational infrastructure and equipments.
In addition, the Education Director for Abuakwa North Municipal Assembly, Abena Gyemerah commend the MP for always donating learning materials to fresher students whenever she paid them a visit something said help ease some burden of their parents.
She added that the Abuakwa North Municipality doesn’t have problem with teacher deficit and was grateful to Gifty Twum Ampofo for lobbying for more educational infrastructure for the area.
By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.
Source// Obohnewsonline.com.
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