General News of Monday, 10 August 2020Source: www.ghanaweb.comReconsider your decision – Ghanaians beg for 14 ‘riotous’ final year SHS studentsplay videoAccording to some Ghanaians the GES should allow the dismissed students to write the examsGhanaians have called on the Ghana Education Service (GES) to reconsider its decision of preventing 14 final year Senior High School students from partaking in the ongoing West African Senior High School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). The GES in a statement dated August 7, 2020, dismissed 14 WASSCE candidates and again bared them from writing their remaining papers on the grounds of indiscipline. Following the sanctions, several Ghanaians have called on the Education Service to reconsider its decision by allowing all 14 dismissed students to, at least, sit for the remaining exams. Some students from the Tweneboah Kodua Senior High School in the Ashanti Region destroyed school properties to register their displeasure over eagle-eye invigilation during their Integrated Science paper on August 3, 2020. Additionally, some students from the Sekondi College, Kade SHTS, Bright Senior High School, Battor SHS, Juaben SHS were also dismissed from the school with immediate effect following their threats on the president and school officials.

Source: GhanaWeb August 10, 2020 13:40 UTC