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Following reported student unrests in some Senior High Schools (SHS) in Ghana, some Catholic educationists in the West African country have called on the government to consider handing back faith-based schools, saying that quality education and discipline were imparted by the religious entities when they managed their respective learning institutions.
A Religious Brother of the St. Augustine Order in Ghana has described statistics by the World Health Organization (WHO), which indicate that 650,000 Ghanaians are suffering from severe mental disorders, as alarming, a situation he says needs to be urgently addressed.
Recent cases of violent student unrest in some Senior High Schools (SHS) in Ghana have caught the attention of Catholic Bishops in the West African nation who, in a collective statement, describe the students’ actions as “disheartening” and a “show of disrespect for authority.”
The Association of Catholic Heads of Higher Institutions (ACHHI) in Ghana, at its 39th Annual National Conference, has expressed the need to prioritize discipline in the system of education in the West African nation and urged stakeholders in the education sector to, alongside discipline, promote dialogue in addressing students’ concerns.