According to a video posted by Ghanaian blogger Sika Official on Twitter, a female student at Nkwatia Presby Senior High School lost her sight after being physically assaulted by her headmaster.
Online stories claim that the alleged assault has partially rendered the young woman blind. The woman, identified only as Diana, was allegedly assaulted after her academic headmaster refused to listen to her when she tried to explain that she had permission to leave campus, according to a tweet published by SIKAOFFICIAL on Twitter.
Sika Official shared the sad story by writing;
“A second-year student of the Nkwatia Presby Senior High School goes partially blind after allegedly being slapped by the Headmaster of Academics for leaving campus without an exeat.
“According to reports, the student identified as Diana, actually had permission to leave campus but the headmaster refused to listen when she tried explaining to him,” the tweet said.
The tweet also explained that with this, the headmaster (unnamed) asked the student to kneel until she (the student) started complaining that she was not feeling well.
In response, the headmaster is said to have threatened her with more punitive measures, leading to what prompted him (the headmaster) to physically assault her.
“He made her kneel down for a period of time and when she told him that she was unwell, his alleged response was that he’d lash her to make her feel better.
“She mistakenly held his cane when he was about to lash her and this infuriated him and prompted him to land a hefty slap on her face after which he beat her up,” the tweet added.
One of the photos shared along with the images of Diana, shows a snipped comment from someone who narrated another side of the matter.
In the post, the Facebook user claimed that her sister is also a student at the Nkwatia Presby Senior High School and that the maltreatment did not only end there with the headmaster.
She claimed that her sister (who is also a student), told her that Diana (the student who was allegedly assaulted) was further maltreated by some teachers in the school.
“My little sister is also a student at the school. My sister came home last week and was reporting everything to me. According to my sister after what the headmaster did to the girl, she was maltreated by the teachers.
“She said during their exams, the girl was placed in the staff common room to write exams under strict supervision,” the Facebook user wrote.
