The Human Rights Court 1 Division of the High Court in Accra, on Monday, May 31, 2021, ordered Achimota School to admit Oheneba Nkrabea, the dreadlock-wearing Rastafarian student into the school.
Before ruling on Oheneba Nkrabea, the Court ordered Achimota School to admit Tyrone Marhguy, another Rastafarian student with dreadlocks.
In the last two months, both students were refused admission into the school due to their hairstyle which they attributed to their Rastafarian culture.
The school’s only consideration to allow the duo entry was for them to cut their dreadlocks which they [students] did not budge although the students were placed into the school under the Computerized School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS).
Hardly any level of criticism from Ghanaians, civil society organizations, and human rights activists could persuade Achimota School to reverse its decision.
It defended its position saying, allowing deadlocked was against the school’s rules and regulations.
Source: citinewsroom
