Crisis in secondary schools: Headmasters were being cautious to speak due to threats – CHASS Nat’l Sec.

Primus Baro, National Secretary of the Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS), has confirmed that some heads of secondary schools were silent over challenges bothering schools due to threats and warnings from government.

In an interview on TV3’s Hot Issues, Mr. Baro disclosed that CHASS at some point received complaints about some threats and warnings to heads of schools.

He recalled that the Association was once summoned by the former Education Minister after it issued a communique which did not augur well with the Minister.

“I’m sure people were just being cautious and it boils down to the channels of communication.

“Frankly speaking, we’ve had complaints of that. We’ve gone into at the national level, we’ve had to explain one or two issues regarding such. We (CHASS) have had our own share.

“There was a time we issued a communique somewhere in 2023 and we were summoned to the Minister’s office at that time and he was not too happy about some of the things that we said and we said we were only representing what our members are saying,” he explained.

When asked by the Host, Kemini Amanor about heads of schools being threatened, he replied: “It’s true that a lot of people were afraid to talk possibly because some were threatened or warned. It’s possible, you can’t take that away.”

He further emphasised that the channel of communication by the Ghana Education Service required that heads of schools needed permission from Regional Directors or to some extent Director-General before commenting on issues.

“Our service does not easily [allow you to speak] unless you have been given clear permission by the district director, regional director up to the Director-General, it is not usually permissible for people to speak straight on issues,” he added.

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