Mpraeso Headmaster Sends Helpless Teachers Packing.

(From Public Agenda (Ghana) - AAGM)

Byline: Adabre Jonathan & Frederick Asiamah

The Headmaster of Mpraeso Secondary School (MPASS), Mr. Patrick Owusu-Manu has gone on the rampage, releasing some ten teachers from the school and relieving others of their posts for failing to follow his "holy path."

Concerned parents at Mpraeso told Public Agenda that when Mr. Owusu-Manu took over as headmaster of the school he expressed the desire to work with his own team but was hindered by the fact that he had no power to directly employ members of staff of the school.

But he was determined to have his way as he whipped dissenting teachers into line. When things came to a head at the beginning of this academic year, he released ten outspoken teachers at a go.

Mr. Owusu-Manu, in a typical style of 'giving a dog a bad name in order to …