GES interdicts headmistress of KNUST SHS over student’s death

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The Ghana Education Service (GES) has interdicted the headmistress of KNUST SHS, Felicia Asamoah Dankwaa, following the death of a student over alleged negligence.

The exact circumstances leading to the final year student’s death are unclear, but reports say he had suffered stomach complications on Monday and was left to his fate for hours in the care of his colleagues amid Covid-19 fears.

In a statement on Wednesday, the GES said Madam Dankwaa has been asked to “step aside for the Regional Director of Education, Ashanti to take over the administration of the school while management of GES investigate the circumstances leading to the demise of a final year student.”

Footages widely shared on social media captures the yet-to-be-identified student surrounded by his colleagues as he writhed in pain.

He was rushed to an undisclosed health facility but was later pronounced dead by medics, Kumasi-based Luv FM reported.

Students who got wind of the death of the Business student went rioting on campus as they destroyed the windscreen of a saloon car belonging to the headmistress of the school.

“We were demonstrating because yesterday one of our mates was sick and he was left to his fate to survive on his own because of the fear of coronavirus. Nobody attended to him.

“He was ill, he wasn’t showing any signs since morning but later in the afternoon around 3pm he started vomiting because he had some stomachaches,” one student told Luv FM.

“Then we rushed him to the classroom blocks but it seems the teachers were only waiting for his parents to come so that they could take him to the hospital. He was there for close to three hours before his dad came to pick him up,” he recounted.

According to the students, had the school’s authorities acted fast, the boy’s life could have been saved.

School authorities were not immediately available for comments.

A similar incident happened at Wesley High School at Konongo in the Ashanti Region after another student who tested positive for Covid-19 was left to his fate.

Authorities of the school were accused of neglect after the final year student was released to go home for further treatment after he was diagnosed of Malaria.

He was later referred to another health facility in Kumasi after his samples confirmed positive for Covid-19.

Source: Daily Mail GH