Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum
The Minister for Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum has urged senior students to desist from bullying junior ones in various senior High Schools in the country.
According to him, bullying is a thing of the past and must not be entertained in this modern world.
His comments follows the recent bullying of a first year student of the Konongo Odumase Senior High School in the Ashanti Region which lead to his death.
Speaking at a Public Lecture held in Accra on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education for Socio-Economic transformation on Monday, 8 November 2021, the Minister condemned the act of bullying of junior students in schools by seniors known locally as ‘Homo, stressing that ,every necessary thing must be done to put an end to the practice.
The Minister advised students to refrain from such acts by creating a welcoming atmosphere for each other in school and not to become oppressors.
“Homo in schools is a relic of the past and has no space in this century. Fresh students who go to school should be treated like brothers and sisters and not bullied.
Preliminary investigations reveal that, the suspects involved in the case are form 2 students who went on a bullying spree on the night of Friday, 5 November 2021 after prep hours, leading to the attack on the now-deceased Samuna Larhan, aged 17.
The Education Minister has therefore assured of immediate action being taken to ensure that similar action does not occur in schools.