DANIEL BUADI AND LABONE SECONDARY SCHOOL [2000]DLCHRAJ5745

Date	2000-10-30
Suit No.	Our Ref: CHRAJ/777/2000/261
Citation No.	[2000]DLCHRAJ5745

B. K. OPPONG

[2000]DLCHRAJ5745
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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color:#00B050">DANIEL BUADI<o:p></o:p>(COMPLAINANT)<o:p></o:p>AND<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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color:#00B050">LABONE SECONDARY SCHOOL<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>(CHRAJ)<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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Our Ref: CHRAJ/777/2000/261&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 30/10/2000<o:p></o:p>

</div>COMMISSIONER:<o:p></o:p>B.
K. OPPONG DEPUTY COMMISSIONER LEGAL/OPERATIONS<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>The Commission received a complaint from
Mr. Daniel Buadi on October 12, 2000. The Complaint is that the Headmistres of
the Respondent school has decided that the daughter of the complainant, Miss
Bernice Appiah would not be allowed to write the Senior Secondary School
Certificate Examination (November-December, 2000) in the school because she has
been found to be pregnant.<o:p></o:p>The Commission had an oral interaction
with the Respondent to intervene on behalf of the student but the Respondent
still stated that she would not allow the student to write the said
examination.<o:p></o:p>The Commission subsequently sent a formal
letter to the Respondent for comments. The comments have not been received yet.
The Commission also sent a letter to the Regional Director of the Ghana
Education Service to seek policy guidance on the matter.<o:p></o:p>The
Regional Director per letter Reference Number GES/GAR/PT3/14/SF1 dated October
24th, 2000 indicated that the Respondents' action is contrary to the existing
policy and gave a directive that the student be allowed to write her papers
when the Examinations start.<o:p></o:p>In
the light of the above, the Commission finds that the decision taken by the
Respondent is wrongful. The Commission's decision therefore is that the
respondent allows Miss Bernice Appiah to write her Senior Secondary School
Certificate Examination (November-December, 2000) in the school. The petition
is therefore upheld as justified.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>

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