Tag Archives: JHS

GES interdicts teacher of Dekpema JHS for defiling student

Ghana Education Service (GES) has interdicted Mr. Imoro Eliasu a Junior High School teacher for sexually assaulting a third year female student of the Dekpema M/A Junior High School in Tamale in the Northern region. Mr. Imoro who is currently being investigated for indecent Assault by the DOVVSU has been …

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JHS student attempts suicide after failing exams

A 15-year-old boy, Yaw Gyamfi allegedly tried to commit suicide by jumping into a deep well at Mfuom-Aboabo a suburb of Dunkwa-on-Offin in the Upper Denkyira East District of the Central Region. He survived with injuries and became unconscious before he was rushed to Dunkwa Municipal Hospital for treatment. Information …

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JHS girl badly bruised after being whipped for scoring 17/30 in class test

A female Junior High School(JHS) student of Kumasi Bantama Church of Christ School in the Ashanti Region is nursing injuries after she was allegedly flogged by her teacher to a pulp for scoring 17 out of 30 in class test. Mr Jones Owusu gave the victim several strokes of the …

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Oppong Memorial SHS student stabbed to death by JHS student

Ad A final year male student of Oppong Memorial Senior High School at Kokofu near Bekwai in the Ashanti Region has allegedly been stabbed to death by JHS student who is currently on the run. 21-year-old Richard Kofi Appiah is reported to have picked up a brawl with his assailant …

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VIDEO: Family buries JHS pupil who ‘committed suicide’ with a cutlass to avenge death

  The family of 14-year-old final year pupil, Leticia Kyere Pinamang, who allegedly committed suicide, has buried her with a cutlass to avenge her death. During her burial over the weekend, the elders of the family were captured invoking curses and pouring libations to appease gods who they claim will …

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JHS shut down as man invades premises with machete

Kodjonya Millennium Presbyterian Junior High School (JHS) in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality in the Eastern Region has been temporarily closed down. This is after a cutlass-wielding young man stormed the school in an attempt to hack a teacher. The teachers in the school have boycotted teaching since the incident …

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JHS elective courses of students who cannot read or write to be reduced – Adutwum

• JHS students who cannot read and write may soon have limited courses to study in school • Dr. Yaw Adutwum believes this will help “weak” students • He made this known at a stakeholder meeting in Accra Soon, the number of elective subjects Junior High School students who cannot read or …

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Family of Miracle JHS girl requests for second autopsy

According to the family, they are not satisfied with the outcome of the autopsy report from the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital so they will be seeking a second opinion. A family source who spoke to GhanaWeb on condition of strict anonymity disclosed that they have resolved to pursue that option because they …

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Here’s a suicide note left by the late final year student of Miracle JHS

  • Leticia Kyere Pinaman’s alleged suicide note details how she was unhappy and had been neglected by her friends • The 14-year-old stated, she keeps on crying every day because the world is no more interesting to her It has emerged that the late final year student of Miracle …

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Headmistress takes JHS students to shrine over missing capitation grant cash

  An investigation by the Human Rights Reporters Ghana (HRRG) has revealed that the headmistress of the Mt. Sinai Methodist JHS located at Kumasi in the Dompoase Circuit of Asokwa Municipality in the Ashanti Region, Madam Akyaa Kusi, has taken her students to a Deity known as Obosom in the …

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