Tuesday, November 29, 2005
posted: Sunday, December 4, 2005
Prempeh.org interviewed the Prefects on Tuesday November 29, 2005, but opted to delay the
publication until the storm calmed a bit on campus. We hereby present
the Prefects complaints.
prempeh.org:Good evening, Seniors.
Prefects Council: Good evening Senior
prempeh.org:How are you doing?
Prefects Council: By His grace everything is okay.
The Great Prefects of 2005/06
prempeh.org:So what is the latest on campus?
Prefects Council: The latest on campus is that the headmaster and his staff do not care
about the welfare of the students and that is causing more harm to the
school. We the prefects are not also respected at all. It will surprise you
to know that, when students are punished by prefects and masters are
passing by, they just tell the students to leave and stop obeying the
prefect. This is making the work of the prefects very difficult.
prempeh.org:What did you do about it being the Prefects?
Prefects Council: We informed the senior housemaster about it but he never bothered.
prempeh.org:Why do you think he never bothered?
Prefects Council: We can't tell but what we know is that the senior housemaster who is
supposed to be on the side of students, serve as our father and help us
resolve our problems is not on good talking terms with the headmaster. This
has made matters worse as he cannot even tell the head what worries the
students.
prempeh.org:What do you then do?
Prefects Council: That is why we put down our badges. If the school is not going to
respect us, then we must put down our badges since the work is tedious and
without the support of the masters, our aims cannot be achieved.
prempeh.org:Do you think that is the right approach?
Prefects Council: We feel that is the best for the prefects council. We sat down and
planned this. We cannot air our views to anyone except the senior
housemaster and he is also not in a position to help. The only way out is
to put our badges down and denounce our positions or to let the whole
Amanfoo fraternity know through the website what is happening.
prempeh.org:Has the putting down of badges help resolve the problem?
Prefects Council: It has done more than we anticipated. It kept the masters in a meeting
yesterday and the masters all want to sit us down and advise us. That is a
positive sign. At least our grievances have been heard now.
prempeh.org:What are some of your grievances?
Prefects Council: Not only the disrespect accorded prefects, senior. There are so many
things worrying the students of this great school. There are some students
who haven't got their white shirts as of now and they are in form
three. They paid for all these when they were in form one. We know very well
that every school has a problem. There are problems with every school in
Ghana but our major probelm is the fact that the headmaster always gives
empty promises. He tells us that it is going to be done, we then understand
and sit down awaiting the results only to find nothing. Some people are in
their third year now. There are some books that have not been given to
people that they paid for in first year. They are now about to graduate and the headmaster will keep their money.
The students pay 30,000 for internet every term but the
connectivity is nothing to write home about. We used the internet for about
a week and we were then told there has been a probelm and the problem has
been there ever since. We were told the webmaster of prempeh.org wanted to
help resuscitate the internet on campus so he should sit with the administration
and come and do someting about it. There are some cracks in the
buildings which the headmaster does not care about. We have told him that it is a
death trap but he has not said
anything. We do not want any student to die before that is
rectified, senior. There are more that when we decide to say will keep us
here for hours.
prempeh.org:What was the response when you hand over your badges?
Prefects Council: The student body were amazed but we want them to know that we will
forever serve and fight for their rights.
prempeh.org:We were told you apologised for what you did today?
Prefects Council: We were forced to do it. They now want to put all the blame on us that
the approach was bad. They also tell us that we are instigating the
students to riot and that is out of the question. When you ask me to
apologise and it is not from my heart, what do you gain from it?
prempeh.org:Do you think it is going to affect the speech day?
Prefects Council: That is what the headmaster is afraid of, that we will let the cat out of the bag
on that day. It affects nothing here. We just want our problems to be solved
and that is all.
prempeh.org:What is your next line of action?
Prefects Council: We were told today that the housemaster of Butler house, Mr. Agyekum has
threatened to sack his house prefect. We want the administration to know
that should any prefect be sacked, all of us are going to again denounce
our positions. We are worth more than the treatment they are giving us.
prempeh.org:What is your opinion about the headmaster?
Prefects Council: Let's save that for now. We will talk about that after our term of office
when we are handing over (if possible). For now, we want him to know that he
can not ruin the school for us. We have thousands of old boys who will
support us in this battle, we know.
prempeh.org:What is your message for Amanfoo?
Prefects Council: Let's fight to save our school. It is ours and not any master. We will
forever bear the Amanfoo name.
