No student should perform domestic duties for teachers – GES directed

The Minister for Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has directed the Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES) to ensure that students are not made to perform domestic duties for headmasters and teachers.

He said students must be protected from practices that treat them as domestic servants, stressing the need for stronger safeguards within schools.

“The Director-General of GES has been directed that no student should serve any headmaster or teacher as if they were the domestic servant of the headmaster and teachers forthwith,” Mr Iddrisu said.

The Minister made the remarks at a press conference on Monday, October 26, 2026, following sexual misconduct allegations involving the headmaster of Obuasi Senior High Technical School (SHTS), Zakaria Abdulai, and female students.

The case has sparked public concern and renewed calls for stronger measures to protect students and ensure accountability in educational institutions.

Mr Iddrisu assured the public that the Ministry of Education and the GES would deploy the necessary administrative and legal measures to safeguard learners.

He also stressed that political affiliations would not influence investigations into the allegations against Mr Abdulai, who is a member of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC).

The Minister said due process would be followed and called on parents, guardians and students to support efforts to strengthen student protection in schools.

Mr Abdulai has been interdicted pending investigations, while the criminal aspects of the allegations have been referred to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID).

The allegations remain under investigation.