Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu ordered swift police action against a Bole Senior High School teacher accused of sexual misconduct with a student, while directing GES to crack down on indiscipline.
Speaking Thursday at the 2026 GALOP National Schools Awards, Iddrisu said his ministry was closely monitoring the police investigation into the Bole case and expected it handled with urgency through to prosecution. The teacher, who has not reported to duty since the allegation surfaced and is reported to be in nearby border communities, has had his salary suspended by the Ghana Education Service (GES) pending the outcome.
Iddrisu used the same platform to widen his message beyond the single case, describing indiscipline among learners, teachers, headmasters and examination officials as a problem across the sector. “Indiscipline generally as a Ghanaian disease,” he said, adding that the GES Director General now has the government’s backing under President Mahama’s Reset Agenda to sanction offenders at every level, including students, teachers and school administrators.
The directive follows a run of incidents that have pushed discipline in schools onto the national agenda in recent weeks. Students at Bawku Senior High School reportedly turned on teachers enforcing WASSCE rules, injuring two and damaging property, while the ministry has also cited cases of students carrying firearms onto school premises, vandalising CCTV cameras and selling narcotics on campus. GES has already set up a committee to review its Code of Conduct after rejecting public claims that the service no longer punishes misconduct or that class repetition had been abolished, and the ministry has said it will convene a national stakeholders conference in Sunyani before the end of July to work out a coordinated response.
Iddrisu said restoring consistent discipline across schools is necessary to rebuild public confidence in the education system, though he has also said in Parliament that responsibility should not fall on GES alone, describing parenting and community socialisation as shared obligations alongside the school system.
