GES to ban teachers from inviting students to bungalows for household chores

Professor Davis said the GES would formally communicate the directive to schools through regional education directors, reminding teachers of the provisions in the service’s code of conduct that prohibit the practice.

He stressed that students should not be asked to undertake domestic duties for teachers, warning that such conduct was unacceptable under the existing rules governing professional behaviour within the education sector.

“I agree with those calling for a ban on students going to teachers’ bungalows. We are going to write to schools to make sure that it doesn’t happen because in our code of conduct, in Section 3.7 (V), it is written that the students are not expected to be asked to engage in household chores, so we are going to write to the regional directors on October 23.

“And so I expect the news to get to all regional directors to remind our staff to familiarise themselves with the code of conduct and cease inviting students to do household chores because the code of conduct does not permit that. It is not acceptable.”

Professor Davis made the remarks in connection with allegations of sexual abuse involving the headmaster of Obuasi Senior High Technical School (SHTS), Zakaria Abdulai.

Zakaria Abdulai is accused of raping 19 students.