Education Ministry halts all SHS graduation ceremonies over ‘excessive flamboyance’, orders review of guidelines.
The Ministry of Education has directed the Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES) to suspend all senior high school (SHS) graduation ceremonies nationwide with immediate effect, pending a review of existing guidelines governing such events.
It said the ministry had taken note of growing public concerns regarding the increasing trend of excessive display of wealth and flamboyance during graduation ceremonies in some SHSs across the country.
“The ministry strongly condemns any conduct by students, parents, guardians or other stakeholders that promotes extravagance and detracts from the true purpose of school ceremonies,” a statement signed by Hashmi Mohammed, the Press Secretary to the Minister of Education, Haruna Iddrisu, said.
