GES orders SHSs not to turn away students over metal trunks, wooden chop boxes

GES orders SHSs not to turn away students over metal trunks, wooden chop boxes GES directs SHSs and SHTSs not to deny boarding students accommodation over metal trunks, wooden chop boxes or storage containers. Advertisement GES says SHSs/SHTSs must not deny duly admitted boarding students accommodation solely because of their trunks or chop boxes.

Schools can enforce reasonable size and safety requirements for students' storage containers.

Heads who flout the directive may face disciplinary action.

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has directed Senior High Schools (SHSs) and Senior High Technical Schools (SHTSs) not to turn away newly admitted students or deny them boarding accommodation because they report with metal trunks, wooden chop boxes or other personal storage containers.

The directive follows reports received by GES management that some schools were refusing to accommodate students based on the type of storage containers they brought to school.