School headmaster in Ghana under fire for mercilessly caning 19-year-old female student

Student Mary Amoako has received severe caning from the headmaster of her school

By Emmanuel Akyereko

(Managing Editor)

Ghanaians have taken to social media to vent their spleen on a headmaster of a school who has mercilessly caned a 19-year-old female student.

According to reports from the West African country, the headmaster’s reason for caning the final student was that she came her jacket to a male student who was penalised by the same headmaster.

The worrying incident took place at Jachie Pramso in the Bosomtwe District of the Ashanti region.

The student, whose name has been given as Mary Amoako, received several lashes on her back for just being kind to her fellow male student by giving her jacket to her colleague who came to class without a uniform.

Per the sources available to JafriQ Radio, the headmaster asked Mary’s male colleague to remove his shirt and go half-naked to the dormitory and wear a uniform before he comes back to the classroom.

Mary later gave her jacket to the said boy to wear after the headmaster had ceased the boy’s shirt and left.

The headmaster upon seeing the kind gesture of Mary got angry and gave her several lashes on her back, leaving her with many swollen striking marks.

Ghanaians have taken to social media to condemn the actions of the headmaster and called for appropriate sanctions to be melted out to him.