25th February, 2026
The News Editor,
PRESS RELEASE: FIX SCHOOL INDISCIPLINE AND SOCIETAL ROT NOW – the FRIMPONG-MANSO INSTITUTE (FMI) DEMANDS
The earth- shattering and soul – wrenching images of student atrocities at their inter-school athletics continue reverberate across the country and the world at large.
Before then, the nation had consumed the unthinkable news of male students sexually abusing a female colleague in broad daylight at the Kumasi Sports Stadium.
These and other nasty incidents are symptomatic of the degree of rottenness in our schools in particular, and society in general.
In a prompt response to the student molestation story, the authorities in the Central Region have put on hold the annual sporting events. Regrettably, this move only scratches the surface of such deep rooted and hydra- headed problems of waywardness in our schools and lawlessness in our nation.
Frimpong-Manso Institute (FMI) strongly holds the view that it’s time to reflect on these problems with brutal frankness and cure them with the most appropriate policy surgery.
To this end, a national committee or committees of stakeholders must be set up immediately to diagnose the breakdown of discipline in our schools and the worsening moral decay in the nation.
Their findings may be subjected to national debate and rigorous scrutiny before the right policy prescriptions are considered and implemented with all seriousness.
Meanwhile, the ball is right in the court of all parents, churches and other religious groups to go the extra mile to shape the lives of their children and their members to reflect the highest moral standards and the fear of God.
ISSUED BY FRIMPONG-MANSO INSTITUTE
Rev. Prof. Paul Frimpong-Manso (President)
Rev. COP (Rtd.) Dr. David Ampah-Bennin (FMI Thematic Chair – Media, Security & Cyber Security)
Dr. Affail Monney (FMI Fellow – Thematic Area, Media, Security & Cyber
Security)
For comments and queries contact Dr. Affail Monney – 024 485 9122
Thank you.
P. O. Box AT 379, Achimota info@thefminstitute.org
No. 17 Apple Dust Street, 0551 626264
Tantra Hill (Near Goil Filling Station) thefminstitute.org GW-0845-3953
source:www.senaradioonline.com
