GES dismisses reports of student’s death at Ghana National College as old incident

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has dismissed claims that a student passed away at Ghana National College, asserting that the incident in question took place in 2018. A Facebook post from the Service on Thursday, November 7, made it clear that no student had died at the institution in connection with the recent reports, urging the public to disregard the allegations.

The GES described the dissemination of the information as a deliberate attempt by unnamed individuals to reopen a traumatic episode for the grieving family and to unfairly tarnish the college's and its staff's reputations. "No student has passed away at Ghana National College. This particular reported demise occurred in 2018," the GES stated emphatically.

The Service expressed concern that the circulation of the outdated incident could cause additional pain to the deceased's family, while simultaneously unfairly damaging the school's and its educators' reputations. Consequently, the GES appealed to the general public to disregard the reports and not to lend credence to what it characterized as attempts to distort the facts surrounding the incident.