Tamale (Northern Region) 23 June '99

The Boards of Governors for eight second cycle schools in the Tamale Municipality were inaugurated at a joint ceremony in Tamale on Monday with a call on members to tackle the rising trend of indiscipline among students.

Mr B.J.L. Kumasi, Tamale Municipal Director of Education, asked the members to also ensure discipline among the staff of their respective schools.

He spelt out other duties of the boards that include making policy decisions to ensure good financial administration and maintenance culture.

Mr Mohammed Alhassan Adams, Municipal Chief Executive who chaired the function, asked them to guard against conflicts with school heads.

They schools are, Dabokpa Vocational Training Institute, Tamale Secondary School, Business Secondary, Northern School of Business, Vitting Secondary Technical, St. Charles Secondary, Kalpohin Senior Secondary and Ghana Secondary schools.

Mr Bolina Saaka, headmaster of Tamale Secondary School, said student indiscipline and the deplorable state of school infrastructure were of great concern to school heads.

During an open forum, the board members discussed the need for the establishment of girls' schools to promote girl-child education, a culture of maintenance of school facilities, corporal punishment, and the problem of irregular payment of school fees.