WASSCE: Students attack teachers for refusing to allow them cheat

Christian
Methodist
Senior
High
School
(Chrimeto)
turned
into
a
boxing
arena
when
students
attacked
teachers
in
retaliation
for
their
refusal
to
permit
cheating
during
the
ongoing
(WASSCE).

According
to
reports,
the
confrontation
began
when
students,
angered
by
the
teachers’
strict
enforcement
of
examination
regulations,
started
hurling
stones
at
them.

In
an
interview
with
TV3,
Adanunyo
described
the
terrifying
experience,
by
recounting
how
he
and
the
Head
of
Department
were
warned
by
a
student
about
a
mob
threatening
to
attack
them
at
the
school
gate
if
they
continued
with
strict
supervision.

“After
the
integrated
science
paper,
we
were
warned
that
students
would
harm
us
if
we
didn’t
relax
the
supervision,”
Adanunyo
revealed.

“The
next
day,
when
the
police
were
not
present,
students
began
throwing
pure
water
and
stones
at
us.
We
were
three
permanent
teachers
and
two
service
personnel.

I
suggested
we
leave,
but
some
students
took
alternative
routes
and
confronted
us
halfway,
accusing
me
of
being
too
strict
and
not
allowing
cheating.”

Adanunyo
further
noted
that
the
students’
aggression
was
unprovoked,
driven
solely
by
their
anger
over
the
educators’
refusal
to
compromise
examination
integrity.