Ministry of Education has reacted to a troubling video circulating on social media showing male students from Islamic Senior High School and Sakafia Islamic Senior High School in Kumasi displaying charms they claim provide spiritual protection.
In a social media post on Thursday, January 15, 2026, Deputy Minister for Education, Dr. Clement Apaak, said he has forwarded the video and related reports to the Director-General of the Ghana Education Service for urgent action.
“We cannot accept violence in our schools and between students from different schools. We are determined to restore discipline in our educational system,” Dr. Apaak stated, emphasizing the government’s zero-tolerance stance on student indiscipline.
He also called on parents to take a proactive role in supervising their children, warning them against misconduct and reinforcing moral guidance.
“Parents must take an interest in the behaviour of their wards in school. Parents ought to regularly caution their wards against misconduct and acts of indiscipline,” he noted.
Dr. Apaak highlighted the government’s restoration of Parent-Teacher Associations (PTAs) as a key measure to strengthen collaboration between schools and parents at the pre-tertiary level.
“We restored PTAs because we believe parents have a crucial and collaborative role to play in the education of their wards, especially at the pre-tertiary level,” he added.
