We won’t standby idle for students to attack their teachers – NAGRAT roars on Three Town SHS teacher’s attack

The leadership of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has declared their support towards the action taken by teachers of the Three Town Senior High School (THREESEC).

According to the Union leadership, they will not standby idle for Teachers to be attacked by their students throughout the country.

In a statement issued by the National President of the Association, Eric Angel Carbonu, It has come to the notice of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) that Mr. John Kwashi Akey, who is an ICT Teacher in Three Town Senior High School Denu, has been stabbed by Gilbert Akakpo, a form three (3) Visual Arts Student.

He said, information reaching the Union indicates that, despite the crime committed by the student, some powers that be, have influenced the release of the student from the police cells and are insisting that the students be made to write the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) which supervised by the same Teachers he attacked.

According to the leadership of NAGRAT, they are in full support of the decision of the Teachers in Three Town Senior School to withdraw their services and refuse to invigilate the WASSCE exams if the law is not made to take its course by punishing Gilbert Akakpo for inflicting knife wounds on Mr. John Kwashi Akey, the ICT Teacher.

The union takes the view and position that, it behoves on the Director General, the Regional Director and the Municipal Directors of Education to rather stand in solidarity with the Teacher rather than issue threats against the Teachers.

NAGRAT wants to affirm its support to all Teachers who have been attacked by students.

The Union serves notice that it will not standby idle whilst Teachers are being attacked by their students throughout the country.

BACKGROUND

A final year student of Three Town Senior High School (THREESEC) near Denu in the Ketu South Municipality has stabbed his teacher.

The teacher, John Akey Kwashi who teaches Information Communication Technology (ICT) was stabbed for preventing the final year Visual Arts student from bullying a junior student.

The suspect, Akakpo Gilbert aged 19 is reported to have aimed for the stomach of the teacher. However, the swift use of the arm by the teacher to block the cutter (the sharp object used by artists), led to the deep cur on his arm.

Sources at the school say the incident happened last Wednesday, August 11, 2021, around 12:50 pm behind the ICT Laboratory.

Before the incident, the teacher who was teaching in the computer lab heard some noise behind the facility. He went out there to find the suspect, Akakpo, bullying first-year students.

The teacher then intervened to stop the bullying. This did not go down well with Akakpo.

He got offended and pushed the teacher in readiness to fight him. He then smashed the teacher’s head with a concrete block.

As the teacher tried to retreat, the student took out a cutter to stab the teacher in the stomach. The teacher blocked the attack with his hand, thereby sustaining a deep cut in his left upper arm.

Some senior management of Three Town SHS were alerted. The teacher was rushed to the Ketu South Municipal Hospital for treatment. The Senior House Master, Cephas Afornu reported the incident to the Denu Police Station at about 1:50 pm the same day.

The Denu Police Commander, ASP Nakoja confirmed the incident and said the crime scene has been visited as well as the victim at the hospital.

He was stable and undergoing a surgical operation at the time of the visit.

The suspect, Akakpo Gilbert was later surrendered by his father to aid in the investigation. He was arraigned before the Aflao Circuit Court on Thursday, August 12, 2021, for causing harm.

SOURCE: Coverghana.com.gh