One of the most prestigious senior high schools in Ghana, Achimota senior high school has denied two students admission because of their dreadlocks.
Ras Aswad Nkrabea who turns out to be a parent to one of the boys took to Facebook to spill out his frustration on why his brilliant son was turned out because of his culture.
In his post, he has vowed to get the matter to its highest depths because he does not understand how one’s culture(Rastafarianism)violates the laws of Ghana.
“Fellow comrades and friends, this morning, the school authorities of Achimota claimed that their rules do not allow students with dreadlocks to be admitted”.
“The school authorities denied two brilliant dreadlock students from being admitted after having been posted there by the computer school placement system. My son was one of the affected children and the other student was also refused on the same grounds”.
“We have no option but to battle against this gross human right violation. As a child, he has every right to his culture in so far as such culture do not breach the 1992 constitution”.
“He equally deserves the right to access education within his culture just like other cultural believers. As a rastafarian, I think that dreadlocks do no way cause any harm which should even be a basis to be asserted by the school authorities.”
“The fundamental questions to ask is what does our law say about right to one’s culture? Do you deny a child access to education based on his/her culture? Do public school rules override the supreme law of the land?”
Tomorrow, I will be on tv3 to share some light. Will give update on time. Thank you for your solidarity. Ras Aswad Nkrabeah”, he wrote.
