The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has raised alarms over the growing trend of violent clashes among senior high school students, suggesting that military presence on campuses may become necessary to restore discipline.

This comes in the wake of a series of violent confrontations involving students wielding dangerous weapons, including cutlasses and locally manufactured pistols. The escalating chaos has reignited discussions on discipline and moral values within Ghana’s educational system.

Speaking to Citi News, GNAT General Secretary, Thomas Tanko Musah, expressed grave concern about the worsening indiscipline, attributing it to a broader societal decline in respect and accountability. He warned that unless authorities take immediate action, extreme measures such as setting up military barracks within schools might be the only way to maintain order.

“If care is not taken in the coming days like I have said, we may have to establish military barracks on our campuses so that they will help to maintain law and order," Musah cautioned.

He further stressed the need for stricter enforcement of discipline, lamenting that students involved in violent and criminal acts often face no consequences for their actions.

“That is where we are heading towards. We may need to employ more military men since the students are now coming with weapons, we might need to employ the military people so that we create military barracks on all the campuses so that when the students pull out their weapons, the soldiers will also pull their weapons, then they will square it up there.”