Tema,(Greater Accra) 3 Nov. The Tema Secondary School disciplinary committee has taken disciplinary action against 17 students involved in last month's acts of lawlessness, that led to the temporary closure of the school. Seven of them, all in form three, were given indefinite suspension. One was suspended for two weeks, nine, said to have ''bad record'', were expelled from the boarding house. The school authorities have also appealed to the parents of Master Anigimbire R.Atibire, said to be on the run, to produce him. Mrs. Akosua Takyiwa Adu, acting headmistress, told parents at a meeting at the school at the weekend that all the students involved signed a bond to be of good behaviour, with their parents signing as witnesses. The rest signed the bond, witnessed by their teachers. She disclosed that students in the boys' dormitories where some indecent writings were found are to contribute funds to purchase paint to remove them. Mrs. Adu said out of 1445 students in the school, only 60 students, all in form three, have refused to sign the bond, adding "we have decided to let them sign the bond before they write their examination". The parents agreed that students should pay 2000 cedis each to meet the estimated cost of 2.8 million cedis of the property of Mrs. Mary Opoku, assistant headmistress, which they destroyed through fire. They congratulated the school authorities for the swift action they took to close down the school to bring down tension that was mounting following the removal of Mr. Abedinego Agyepong, the former headmaster, and condemned the 60 students who have refused to sign the bond.

Janton (Northern Region), 3 Nov. Mr. Baba Braimah, MP for Salaga, has advised people in deprived communities in the Northern region to sell part of their large breed of livestock and grain stores to meet some of their immediate needs. By so doing, for instance, they will be able to contribute to the education of their children, which is often interrupted by their inability to pay school fees and provide their needs. Mr. Braimah was speaking at Janton in the East Gonja district at the weekend, when he commissioned a three-classroomed block built by the district assembly at a cost of 32.5 million cedis for the local Ulumu Diniyat Islamic primary school. He said the high illiteracy rate in the region calls for a concerted effort to improve the situation. The MP said parliament has approved an educational package to provide schools and libraries in all the districts of the Northern, Upper East and Upper West regions.