The Ministry of Education is developing direct reporting channels, consisting of a hotline, to permit trainees, moms and dads, instructors and neighborhood members to report sexual assault in schools without needing to go through head instructors or other regional authorities who might be linked.
Deputy Education Minister Dr Clement Apaak divulged this on JoyNews’ News Night on Thursday, October 22, 2026, stating the claims including the headmaster of Obuasi Senior High Technical School (SHTS) had actually exposed weak points in the existing reporting structure.
“In the wake of this concern, we realised that there was a difficulty within the reporting structure as far as GES is worried,” he stated.
Dr Apaak stated the proposed channels would supply an alternative path for grievances to reach the Ministry of Education, making it possible for authorities to react to accusations more quickly.
“We think that if we were to supply a bypass that would enable victims, moms and dads of victims, mentor and non-teaching personnel in the schools where a few of these despicable events occur, or perhaps neighborhood members and leaders, it will make it simpler for such grievances to get to the ministry so that we can act tenaciously,” he stated.
Dr Apaak worried that a hotline was among numerous reporting choices under factor to consider, acknowledging that trainees are typically not allowed to bring smart phones in school.
“The idea of the hotline is one amongst numerous other choices,” he stated.
He mentioned the Obuasi SHTS case as an example of how problems might stay unsettled when individuals who end up being mindful of supposed abuse can not protect an efficient reaction through existing channels.
“From the documentary, we saw pieces of proof to recommend that other instructors, a housemistress, and even moms and dads had actually realised, and since the structure did not enable them to get the necessary reaction in regards to action, this dragged out,” he stated.
The Deputy Minister stated the hold-up might have developed chances for the supposed abuse to continue and impact other trainees.
“That might have then provided a chance to the implicated person to even take part in this conduct and commit this criminal activity versus other female trainees,” he stated.
The proposed reporting channels follow claims of sexual assault including the suspended headmaster of Obuasi SHTS, Zakaria Abdulai.
An investigative documentary by reporter Manasseh Azure Awuni took a look at accusations including numerous trainees and raised concerns about whether issues given the attention of some school authorities and moms and dads got an appropriate action.
The case has actually triggered require more powerful protecting steps and more reliable systems for reporting believed abuse in schools.
The proposed channels are meant to enable grievances to reach education authorities straight, especially where school-level authorities might be linked or stop working to act.
Dr Apaak did not supply a timeline for the intro of the brand-new reporting alternatives.
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