Dr Clement Apaak, the Deputy Minister of Education, has assured Ghanaians that lawlessness and indiscipline will not be tolerated in Ghana’s educational system following a viral SHS assault video.
In a post on X, Dr Apaak reacted to a viral video capturing a disturbing incident at Nchiraa Senior High School (SHS) in the Bono Region of a senior student physically assaulting a junior student over an alleged missing mobile phone.
In the viral video, the confrontation took place in an open area near the school’s water tank.
The senior student was captured in the video repeatedly slapping the junior student, who was seated near a polytank, accusing him of having the phone in his possession.
The senior student continues to slap, kick, and punch the junior student, with other students seen standing nearby, watching the situation unfold without intervening.
The video also captured the junior student’s attempts to move away from the area.
However, the senior student followed him and continued the assault.
The senior student was also heard daring the victim to bring along any group or gang if he believes he has support.
Reacting to the video, the Deputy Education Minister stated, “The attached viral video of a student assaulting another student has come to the attention of the Ministry. I’ve since forwarded it to the Director General of GES for action. On behalf of the Honourable Minister for Education, I wish to assure the public that we will not tolerate acts of lawlessness and indiscipline in our educational system. Indiscipline will be punished.
Netizen reacting to his post stated, “This sort of behaviour has been in existence for years in shs and it’s like a norm in every senior high school. More efforts need to be made to stop this nonsense to be honest”.
One X user added, “Let teachers have the freedom to discipline students like it was before. Now students feel emboldened to do what they want because they don’t fear teachers anymore. Now they are so unruly”.
A netizen added, “he should be dealt with severely. This is the kind of behavior that usually pushes some brilliant students out of school because they fear being bullied”.
In other news, the Education Ministry has suspended graduation ceremonies across all Senior High Schools (SHS) over the recent excessive display of wealth.
According to the Education Ministry, schools are institutions for learning, discipline and character development, and graduation ceremonies should rather mirror modesty and dignity rather than luxury.
The education minister, Haruna Iddrisu, called for the GES to suspend all SHS graduation ceremonies with immediate effect, pending a review of existing guidelines.
In a statement issued by the education minister’s Press Secretary, Hashmin Mohammed, on June 20, 2026, read, “The Ministry strongly condemns any conduct by students, parents, guardians, or other stakeholders that promotes extravagance and detracts from the true purpose of school ceremonies”.
“Consequently, the Honourable Minister for Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has directed the Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES) to suspend all Senior High School graduation ceremonies nationwide with immediate effect, pending a review of existing guidelines governing such events,” the release added.
See the post below:
The attached viral video of a student assaulting another student has come to the attention of the Ministry. I've since forwarded it to the Director General of GES for action. On behalf of the Honourable Minister for Education, I wish to assure the public that we will not tolerate… pic.twitter.com/8MhXZyrWIw
— Dr. Clement Abas Apaak (@DrApaak) June 23, 2026
