The Northern Regional Director of the Ghana Education Service (GES) Ms. Elizabeth De-Souza has presented findings and recommendations into allegations leveled against Mr. John Cudjo Kumah, the Director of Education for Tolon/Kumbungu District to the Northern Regional Minister.
It would be recalled that about three months ago there were series of press releases and demonstrations by people of the Tolon/Kumbungu District against the continuous stay in office by Mr. Kumah as District Director of Education over several allegations leveled against him including the use of Capitation Grants to conduct mock exams without the consent of management of the various schools involved, parking of official vehicles at his residence and alleged spending money given to execute a British Council Project known as Connecting Classrooms Project.
Ms. De-Souza at a meeting at the Northern Regional Coordinating Council explained that it was appropriate to disseminate the findings of the Fact Finding Committee, and spell out the way forward in restoring normalcy in the operations of the Tolon/Kumbungu Directorate of Education as a way of ensuring quality education in the district which has been jeopardized for about three months now.
Presenting the findings, Charles Adama, Chairman of the five-member Committee mandated to investigate into the administration of Mr. Kumah, revealed that Mr. Kumah had suspended salaries of One Hundred and Sixty (160) teachers for vacating their post, securing illegal promotions with adjusted salaries, absenteeism, impersonation among several other irregularities.
The Committee also deduced that Mr. Kumah had returned an amount of Fifty-Six Thousand, Four Hundred and Forty-Eight Ghana Cedis, Eighty-One Pesewas (56,448.81) to government’s chest and several other good practices as an administrator and that might have incurred the wrath of some disgruntled teachers and residents.
The Committee, thus, found Mr. John Cudjo Kumah, the Tolon/Kumbungu District Director of GES innocent of all the allegations leveled against him by some residents and teachers saying “the demonstration was borne out of some people’s parochial interest and vendetta”.
Meanwhile, the Regional Directorate of Education noted that with assurance from the DCE, traditional rulers and opinion leaders in the Tolon/Kumbungu District, regarding the safety of its personnel, they were making efforts to get a new District Director to accept posting to the district.
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