The Chereponi District?Directorate of education?has since July this?year suspended the?salaries of five headmasters?of basic schools in?the district for embezzling?their schools? capitation?grant.
Nelson Aborigia, Yendi?Municipal Director of?Education and former?Chereponi District Director?of Education, said the?affected headmasters had?also been demoted.
He announced this at a?peer learning workshop?organised by the Catholic
Education Unit for managers?of education in the?Northern Region in Yendi.
The workshop, sponsored?by STAR ? Ghana, a?multi-donor pooled?agency, was attended by?directors and circuit?supervisors of education,?representatives of civil
society organisations?amongst other stakeholders?drawn from the metropolitan,?municipal and?district assemblies in the?region.
Its objective was to?share best practices, models?and success stories that?work in enhancing quality?education.
Mr Aborigia said the?District Directorate of?Education took the decision
following an internal?audit into the operations?of the basic schools in?2012, which revealed that?the affected headmasters?embezzled between?GH?400 and GH?1,500.
He said the affected?headmasters were given?an ample time to refund?the money but failed to do?so.
He warned school?authorities not to divert?capitation grant and other?resources meant for their?schools since they would?be punished when caught.
Mr Aborigia also?appealed to politicians,?religious leaders, traditional?authorities and?other influential stakeholders?to stop pleading?for teachers, who are?being sanctioned for misconduct.
He said such stakeholders?always called to?plead on behalf of teachers?who had been disciplined?because of misconduct.
Alhaji Mohammed?Seidu Issah Abbah, Head?of the Inspectorate Unit of?the Regional Directorate?of Education, who represented?the Regional Director
of Education, urged?stakeholders to be guided?by access, quality and
management in their?efforts at promoting education?to ensure efficiency.
Samuel Zan Akologo,?Executive Secretary of the?Department of Human?Development of the?National Catholic Secretariat?said the best practices
identified at the?workshop would be?shared amongst other?institutions to help
improve standard of education?in the country.
GNA
