The President of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), Jacob Anaba, has called for the dismissal of the headmaster of Obuasi Senior High Technical School (SHTS) and Ghana Education Service (GES) officials in the area over their alleged failure to act on complaints of sexual abuse involving female students.
Speaking on Joy News’ PM Express on Monday, October 19, Anaba said education officials who were aware of the complaints should be held accountable for their handling of the matter.
“All those people heading the GES in that office, they should go. All of them, they are complicit. All of them,” he said.
“In the Obuasi districts, the head of the district, all of them should go, because they are aware of this situation. They shouldn't have allowed this thing to happen.”
The allegations against headmaster Zakaria Abdulai feature in Joy News investigative correspondent Manasseh Azure Awuni’s documentary, Inside the Dreaded Headmaster’s Bungalow, which details more than 14 alleged cases of sexual abuse involving female students.
Anaba said complaints about the alleged abuse dated back to 2025, questioning why the concerns had not prompted effective action before they became public.
He said students’ anger helped bring the matter to wider attention, adding that the concerns had been raised before the recent revelations.
“It was the wrath of the students that brought this thing into the public domain. It happened earlier before that,” he said.
The NAGRAT president insisted that anyone found to have failed in their responsibilities or committed an offence must face the appropriate consequences, regardless of their position.
“So, if a member of us, a teacher, does the wrong thing, he must be taken through the due course of the law. No one should be shielded. No one,” he said.
He also called for Abdulai to leave the teaching profession if the allegations against him were established, arguing that teachers held a position of trust in their relationships with students.
“This man should leave immediately. He can't be a teacher again, because the profession that we decide to belong to is a noble one,” Anaba said.
Anaba further alleged that 38 teachers at Obuasi SHTS had been asked to leave the school after speaking out against the headmaster’s conduct.
He questioned why teachers who sought to protect the affected students were facing possible consequences for raising concerns.
According to Anaba, the directive followed the work of a fact-finding committee chaired by the district director of education. He alleged that the director had instructed the assistant headmaster to communicate the decision to the teachers.
Abdulai has reportedly been interdicted pending investigations into the allegations, which have also prompted calls for greater accountability among education officials.
