At least four of the seven headteachers who were indicted for allegedly collecting unapproved fees in the Ashanti Region are scheduled to appear before a committee tasked with looking into the allegations.

The four are expected to appear before the committee on December 12.

The headteachers were accused of charging unapproved fees to the children.

The unapproved fees includes house dues, books and calculators, fees for the admissions process, printing slips and files, and hymn books, according to the Ghana Education Service (GES).

The headteachers would collaborate with the committee, according to Zakaria Suleman Yeboah, the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS), in an interview with Citi News.

I cannot say whether the items stated against them [the headteachers] are right or not. I have met my members, and we have spoken at length, and they have given me their side of the story, so I hope that the committee sitting will help us unravel some of the issues at stake.”

As a result of their alleged illegal fees to new students, the seven headteachers of senior high schools in the Ashanti Region were asked to resign.

In different statements, the GES stated that it had started looking into the headteachers’ behavior.

The Kumasi Girls SHS headmistress, Mrs. Selina Anane Afoakwa, the Asanteman SHS headmaster, Mr. Andrews Boateng, the Kumasi Senior High Technical School headmaster, and Mr. Kwadwo Obeng-Appiah, the Manso-Edubia SHS headmaster, are the headteachers.

The remaining individuals are Mr. Ampong Ahmed Omar, headmaster of Collins SHS, Ms. Gladys Sarfowah, headmistress of Nkawie Senior High Technical School, and Mr. Daniel Boamah Duku, headmaster of Agric Nzema Community SHS.