Two Teachers of the Bolgatanga Girls Senior High School in the Upper East region have resolved to challenge their transfer from the school following a committee’s probe into an alleged case of sex scandal and assault on two students of the school.
News of a sex scandal and assault of two students of the school broke weeks ago when a female teacher of the school Joyce Asabayire facilitated the shuttling of two students to a house outside the premises of the school to avail them to the wives of two male teachers of the school for interrogation on their suspected intimate relationship with their husbands.
A committee was subsequently set up to investigate the allegations of the sexual affair between the students and teachers and an alleged case of assault on the students in a bid to force them to confess to having sexual relationship with the teachers.
Bolgatanga Municipal Director of Education Madison Amokase Anane, recommended the transfer of the affected teachers namely Mbama Alia and Alex Dewura from the school after the committee presented its report to his office.
The decision by the Municipal Director of Education to recommend transfer of the teachers has generated confusion as some members of the committee who spoke to a1radioonline.com on condition of anonymity say the report was doctored after it was presented to the municipal education office.
But speaking to a1radioonline.com, one of the affected teachers Mbama Alia explained that though they are yet to receive an official notice of their transfer as reported in the media, it is his belief that the transfer punishment is a calculated attempt by some individuals to malign them and impugn their integrity.
According to him, even though the report of the committee is yet to be made public, their checks revealed that the committee did not find them culpable because the two students denied the existence of any intimate relationship.
“The girls denied having any intimate relationship and in fact one of them who happens to be the one they suspected I was having an affair with said she is a virgin and even said she is ready for medical examination to establish that.”
He further stated that their checks again revealed the draft report which was delivered to the municipal education directorate recommended that they get reprimanded and not transferred as it is being reported.
He however failed to indicate the specific action they would take to challenge the transfer but noted that it would be determined after an outcome of a study of the report by the upper east regional minister Hon. Albert Abongo.
Regional Minister Suspends Punishment
Meanwhile when contacted at the time of filing this report, Upper East regional minister Hon. Albert Abongo denied setting up a team to study the committee’s report and said he had instructed a suspension of the recommended transfer action.
According to him, he has studied the report and forwarded it to his deputy for further study after which it would be studied again by the regional coordinating director before a decision is taken.
“We would be arriving at a conclusion within the week after we have all carefully looked at the report and I have instructed that they suspend the recommended actions. We need to be fair to everyone and so we have to look at it carefully,” Hon. Abongo said.
He further stated that a careful study is needed following allegations of distortions of the committee’s report.
By: Azongo Albert | A1RADIOONLINE.com | GHANA