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Rastafarian Council attorney George Tetteh Wayo said the Council was trying other alternatives to gain admission to another institution for one of the students who could not enroll in Achimota school due to of his dreadlocks.
Freshman Oheneba Kwaku Nkrabea, who refused to cut his dreadlocks because the only condition blocking his admission to Achimota High School is about to apply for admission to another school.
This comes after the school authorities insisted as part of the school policy that all students must have their hair cut low.
“Children will always go to other schools, we know other schools will always admit them. The young man who had six (6 aggregates) is part of a treble, his two sisters were admitted to St. John’s Grammar, ”said the lawyer.
The school authorities had explained that their action was part of the school rules which had to be observed.
However, lawyer Tetteh Wayo says he is convinced that “there are schools that have opened”.
According to him, there was a young man in Kumasi Okess who, last Friday, was also faced with the same scenario “but the information we are hearing this morning is that he went to school”.
Despite an earlier directive from the Ghana Education Service (GES) to the school to enable it and another colleague, this was strongly opposed by the school and its alumni association, AKORA.
But the lawyer for the Rastafarian Council maintains that the founders of the Achimota school had no plan of discrimination upon admission.
“So if the Achimota school wants to be categorical when Kwagyiri Aggrey and our ancestors built the Achimota school, they built it with the idea of ringing, of educating the black man.
“They didn’t build the Achimota school with the idea that someone’s dreadlocks should prevent him from becoming Ghana’s first astronaut,” he added.
However, he threatened to go to court once all the students were successfully admitted.
GHG Directive
The GES on Saturday asked the Achimota school authorities to admit the two freshmen who showed up on campus with dreadlocks.
The directive followed massive debate on social media after reports the school refused to admit the children despite being admitted.
Many Ghanaians were unhappy with the school’s decision not to admit the student, even though the constitution requires that no one be discriminated against.
NAGRAT decision
However, following the GES directive, the National Association of Graduated Teachers (NAGRAT) called on the GES to overturn its directive at the Achimota school.
Speaking at a press briefing, President Angel Carbonu said the Achimota School GES directive threatens compliance and discipline in schools.
“We call on the Ghana Education Service to redirect the principal and staff of Achimota High School (SHS) to ensure that the rules and regulations of Achimota SHS and any other high school are followed by every student.
Meanwhile, the Achimota School also rejected the directive stating that the school will not compromise its school rules.
However, the Rastafarian Council says it is ready to use other avenues to ensure that students have the chance to continue their education without compromising their beliefs.
“It is really a disservice to this country that the managers of institutions can sometimes deceive the whole nation. It reduces their reputation, it reduces the trust we have in these public institutions and that alone gives us the power to look at other alternatives.
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