The Minister of Education, Haruna Iddrisu has issued a stern warning against inappropriate hairstyles and dressing among students in the various second cycle institutions in the country.
The Minister at the 75th Anniversary celebration of Mawuli Senior High School in Ho on Saturday, October 25, 2025, urged the Ghana Education Service (GES) and school heads to take full control of how students behave on campus.
His comments come in the wake of a growing debate regarding whether female students’ should be allowed to keep long hairs.
“There is an ongoing debate on social media about haircuts-size and length of hairs in secondary schools; we will not tolerate it today, we will not tolerate it tomorrow so long as we are moulding character,” he stated.
“If we give in to hair today, tomorrow it will be shoes and the next day, it will be the way they dress. Therefore, as part of our disciplinary measures, headmasters and GES, you’re accordingly empowered to take full control of how students behave,” the Minister emphasized.
The Minister also reiterated government’s stand against teachers who engage in sexual misconduct with students noting that appropriate sanctions would be meted out to offenders.
“There is a lot of growing indiscipline in our schools, some with even teachers abusing learners; we will not accept that. We will apply heavy sanctions to any teacher who wants to take advantage of a learner.”
Mr. Iddrisu who represented the Vice President, Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang as the Special Guest for Mawuli school’s 75th anniversary also commended the school for nurturing personalities who continue to contribute to the country’s social, political and economic development.
He further indicated that government is committed to providing the necessary infrastructural support to enable the school continue shaping the “head, hearts and hands” of many young Ghanaians who will turn out to become key figures in the nation’s development.
The Minister in furtherance to this pledge, cut sod for the commencement of work on dormitory facility for both male and female students of the school.
Education Minister cuts sod for construction of 650 capacity dormitory for Mawuli SHS
By Faisel Abdul-Iddrisu
