Tempane Students Returns To Academic Duties After ‘Hunger Strike’

First-year students of the Tempane Senior High School (SHS) are expected back to campus on Monday, December 17, 2018.

This was made known by the Chief Executive, Paul Abugre Azumah. He, however, added that a decision will be taken on when to allow the second and third-year students to return to the school in the coming days.

The School in the Upper East Region was closed down temporarily but indefinitely over a hunger strike declared by the students in solidarity with their suspended headmaster Dominic Ndegu Amolale, whose reinstatement they are demanding.

However in an interview with Citi News, Mr Abugre said the decision to reopen the school was to allow the students to prepare for their end-of-term examinations.

“The form ones have been asked to come back on Monday to continue with academic work whilst we look into the case. The continuing students, forms two and three, will also come later, so that’s the situation. We will meet and take a decision, we want them to come and write their exams before they vacate,” he said.

According to him,  the closure of the school was done as a precautionary measure to prevent the destruction of properties.