Four students of Ada Senior High Technical School have been arrested by the Ghana Police Service after one of them was captured in a viral video threatening colleagues on campus with cutlass.

The students were arrested on Friday, May 22 with support from school authorities after the video had surfaced on the internet.

The students in police custody include Raymond Gyamfi, Oscar Amemoair, Odartey Wilson, all aged 18, together with one juvenile.

Violence in SHSs has become a trend in the country. Between January and February last year, Ghana recorded five violent clashes in SHSs.

These incidents have witnessed students possessing weapons, destroying properties and others engaging in brutal confrontations.

Stakeholders on the other hand, have bemoaned the growing indiscipline and insecurity on school campuses, prompting calls for an immediate intervention.

Recently, authorities at Sokode Senior High Technical School temporarily shut down the premises over a violent misunderstanding between students.

Kinbu Secondary Technical and Accra Technical Centre School earlier this year were involved in a heated altercation.

Away from Accra, Kumasi Technical Institute (KTI) and Kumasi Anglican Senior High School clashed after returning from an inter-school competition.

One student sustained severe injuries as a result of the event; school properties and private cars belonging to teachers were also damaged.

Salaga Senior High School in the Savannah Region, observed the most violent clashes.

The confrontation left a student with multiple stab wounds with the police retrieving locally-produced pistol and ammunition from the scene.

Students of Islamic Senior High School (ISSEC)also faced off with local youth, causing injuries and damages to multiple vehicles.

At the Wa Technical Institute four students were detained by the police for causing fear and panic amongst students and teachers.

The chaos erupted after some students prevented school authorities from conducting an inspection exercise. According to him, the exercise was intended to check the use of unauthorized uniforms and mobile phones on campus.

In resisting the exercise, the students vandalised school property, damaging six vehicles on the compound, and destroying window panes at the administration block and the multi-purpose hall.