{
  "id": 16765001,
  "title": "Adutwum calls for mandatory fingerprint checks, sex offenders register to protect students in schools",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/adutwum-calls-for-mandatory-fingerprint-checks-sex-offenders-register",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-27T15:54:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Adom Online",
    "slug": "adom-online",
    "url": "https://www.adomonline.com/adutwum-calls-for-mandatory-fingerprint-checks-sex-offenders-register-to-protect-students-in-schools/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Former Education Minister Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum has called for mandatory fingerprint background checks as a condition for teacher licensing, arguing that stronger vetting is needed to prevent individuals with relevant criminal records from working in schools. He has also proposed establishing a sex offenders register that would be checked against the fingerprints of teachers […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "Adutwum calls for mandatory annual child protection training for school staff",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/adutwum-calls-for-mandatory-annual-child-protection-training-for",
        "published": "2026-10-27T15:55:30.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}