The Ministry of Education has urged the Ghana Police Service to intensify efforts to locate, arrest and prosecute the interdicted Bole Senior High School teacher.
The Education Ministry noted that the Bole SHS teacher remains at large weeks after a nationwide manhunt was launched.
On Tuesday, July 14, in a statement issued and signed by the Deputy Minister for Education, Dr Clement Abas Apaak, expressed concern over the suspect’s continued evasion of arrest.
Parts of the statement read, “The Ministry of Education urges the Ghana Police Service to, as a matter of urgency, locate and arrest the interdicted Bole Senior High School teacher, who remains at large weeks after a nationwide manhunt was announced”.
The Education Ministry cited the recent interview in which the Bole SHS Teacher called on the Ghana Education Service to transfer him to a village rather than dismiss him, adding that the interview should provide investigators with useful leads.
“We believe that with intensified efforts, including digital tracking and contacting the source which reported his flimsy excuse, the Police could successfully locate him”, the Ministry stated.
They further disclosed that the teacher’s conduct was deliberate rather than accidental.
“Information available to us indicates that contrary to what he claimed in his recent interview, his unprofessional conduct was deliberate and intentional”, it said.
The Education Ministry further alleged additional videos have been unearthed showing the teacher engaging in similar inappropriate conduct with other female students.
“Based on what we know so far, we believe that the now disgraced and interdicted teacher used his privileged position as a teacher to exploit vulnerable female students,” the statement added.
The Education Ministry statement comes on the heels of the Bole SHS teacher appealing to the Ghana Education Service (GES) and government to transfer him to a village school as punishment.
In a viral video, the Bole teacher appealed to GES to rescind their decision to sack him from the teaching profession.
According to the Bole SHS teacher, he has learnt his lessons, describing his action as unfortunate.
Speaking in a viral video, the Bole Teacher stated, “What happened was unfortunate. The students had completed school and so I went to the science lab to pick up something, and the incident happened.
“I want to apologise to Ghanaians, and I have heard they [authorities] have sacked me from the teaching job. They should forgive me for what happened. I admit that my actions were bad and so they should forgive me,” he said.
He further appealed to the government to transfer him to another school, saying, “I am pleading with the government to at least transfer me to a village as punishment. I have learnt my lessons from what happened,” he added.
Meanwhile, the Deputy Minister of Education, Dr Clement Apaak, has disclosed that the Bole Senior High School teacher in the viral sexual misconduct video is on the run.
According to Dr Apaak, the Bole SHS teacher has allegedly gone into hiding after a viral video emerged.
He further called on Ghanaians to help the Security agencies track the Bole SHS teacher, as efforts are underway to locate and arrest him.
The Deputy Minister of Education further disclosed that the matter is being treated as an utmost urgency.
Speaking on Eyewitness News on Wednesday, June 24, Deputy Minister of Education stated, “Our checks indicate that the teacher has gone into hiding. We know that law enforcement is also playing its part, and he is being sought after. If Ghanaians can assist law enforcement to apprehend him, it would be very helpful”.
Also, the Ghana Education Service (GES) has interdicted a teacher at Bole Senior High School in the Savannah Region following the circulation of a viral video allegedly showing sexual misconduct involving the teacher and a student.
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