- Police have granted bail to the Adisadel student who was detained after being accused of assault and injury. The student was seen choking and hitting his younger colleagues head against a metal bed in the hostel over a SIM card.
- The victim, who suffered a facial injury, is being treated medically and psychologically. The victim was punished for failing to report the event after the video went viral, but he has now been recalled as a result of the outcry.
- Some members of the public feel that punishing him after such a traumatic experience was unfair, and they require counseling.
- Peter Nortsu-Kotoe, the minority party’s spokesperson for education, has urged the Ghana Education Service to take action against bullying in senior high schools.
- He claimed that although corporal punishment is prohibited, a new system of sanctions must be put in place to stop pupils from bullying the juniors.
- He encouraged the Ghana Education Service to evaluate the behavior codes or forms of discipline used in schools, arguing that telling children to go and weed a portion of land is useless.
- Additionally, he encouraged the Ghana Education Service to provide school administrators additional power to suspend or expel kids.
