Mr. Iddrisu Mahama, the Upper West Regional Director of Education, has appealed to heads of Senior High Schools (SHSs) to review some of the punishments meted out to students who break school regulations.
In his opinion, punishments such outright dismissal of students and indefinite suspensions should be a thing of the past because they deny educational access to students concerned and posed threats to their future development.
Mr. Mahama made the call at the fourth Speech and Prize Giving Day of the Lawra SHS.
He said to achieve academic excellence, stakeholders must ensure that discipline permeated all levels including academic and management of schools.
Mr. Mahama thanked the staff and management of the school for maintaining discipline and high academic performance so far.
He appealed to the Board of Governors and the Parent/Teacher Association (PTA) to continue to support the school by way of generating useful ideas that could help the school to develop and improve on performance.
Mr. Cezar Kale, Deputy Upper West Regional Minister congratulated the school for scoring 100% in the last West Africa Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE).
He said government had initiated numerous projects in the school with the view to maintaining the school as a model science school in the district and the region at large.
He commended the PTA and other philanthropists for the wonderful assistance they have been rendering the school.
Mr. Edward Kpimezie Puoviel, the Headmaster of the School, said the current population of the school stood at 2,641 students made up of 1,520 boys and 721 girls.
He said the school scored 100% at the last WASSCE with aggregate nine as the best.
Mr. Puoviel commended the government for the many projects that the school was benefiting from and appealed for a fence wall to enhance discipline among students and also prevent external interferences.
The Headmaster commended Mr. Ambrose Dery, Deputy Minority Leader and Member of Parliament (MP) for the Area and Mr. Sampson Abu, the Lawra District Chief Executive (DCE) for donating five computers each to the school.
Mr. Puoviel also thanked Mr. Anthony Karbo, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) National Youth Organiser and the party's parliamentary candidate for Lawra, for assisting the school with a set of jerseys.
Naa Puowele Karbo III, Paramount Chief of the Lawra Traditional Area, thanked all who have contributed in diverse ways to make the event a success and pledged his personal commitment to help develop the school.