By Daniel Agbesi Latsu, GNA
Kadjebi (O/R), Feb. 26, GNA – Mr Patrick Cudjo Asiedu, a retired public servant, has called for a coordinated national effort to address the growing cases of indiscipline and hooliganism among learners in Junior and Senior High Schools across the country.
He said the recent incidents of student unrest in some schools in the Central Region demanded urgent and decisive action from all stakeholders to prevent further deterioration of indiscipline within the educational system.
Mr Asiedu, who served as Deputy Volta Regional Director of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) before his retirement, made the call in an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) at Kadjebi in the Oti Region.
He described the situation as worrying and stressed the need for a permanent solution to what he termed a “canker” threatening the future of the youth.
“In the first place, the active players must all come on board to eliminate this problem,” he said.
Mr Asiedu urged the Ministry of Education to re-echo and strictly enforce rules and regulations in all schools to ensure that students clearly understood the consequences of misconduct.
He noted that discipline must remain the hallmark of the country’s educational system, adding that without proper guidance and supervision, society risked raising a generation without respect for authority and national values.
He also called on churches to strengthen moral training through their Sunday school curricula to help instill good values in children at an early age.
The retired public servant appealed to Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to redirect their programmes to embrace child education and character formation as part of their core mandates.
Mr Asiedu tasked the NCCE to intensify the formation of civic education clubs in basic and second cycle institutions to inculcate civic values and responsible citizenship among learners.
He said teachers equally had a responsibility to instill discipline and mentor students, particularly those identified as deviant, to help reform their behaviour.
“Surely, the children are our future leaders and must be groomed well to take up the mantle of leadership,” he stated.
Mr Asiedu emphasised that if children were left without proper direction, the nation would be building a society without hope for the future, and therefore called for sustained collaboration among parents, educators, religious bodies and state institutions to address the challenge.
GNA
Edited by Maxwell Awumah/George-Ramsey Benamba