12th September, 2014

The Daily Graphic calls on the Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools and the Ministry of Education to ensure that all bureaucratic tendencies that have hampered the early release of feeding grants are quickly resolved. That way the annual ritual of schools in the northern part of the country threatening to close down for non-payment of feeding grant will end. According to the paper, the turbulence that has affected the tertiary educational sector should not be allowed to spill over to the SHS level. The Graphic therefore urges both CHASS and the Ministry of Education as well as other key stakeholders to reconcile their differences so that calm can be restored. 

The Ghanaian Times is calling on District Assemblies to collaborate with the Ghana Education Service to put a stop to the practice of using classrooms as worship centres. It says it is curious to know that those who grant permission for such activities are not held responsible for damages caused to school property. According to the paper, most Chief Executives of MMDA's have also expressed same sentiments. The paper says such practice has a toll on school facilities, with the furniture in most classrooms destroyed. The Times urges opinion leaders, MPs and Assembly Members in the communities to collaborate with the GES to end such activities. It says the destruction of school facilities in the name of worshipping God is unacceptable and must stop. 

The Today Newspaper insists that it is the responsibility of government to help fight crime and make it unattractive for people who may indulge in that venture as a source of livelihood. It believes this can be done when government determines to freeze, prosecute and confiscate proceeds of crime to disable the economic capabilities of criminals and ensure that the country does not become a hub or safe haven for criminals. The paper calls on government to adopt robust and resilient anti-money laundering and countering the financing of a terrorism regime to be established in the country. It says it is about time all efforts were put into the newly launched National Risk Assessment policy to help track down perpetrators of crime. 

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