March 3, 2021
By: Aruna Kamara (Bo)
The administration of the Bo Government Secondary School has slammed two weeks suspension on one hundred and fifty pupils who were not present for a roll call at 11pm past Saturday night.
Speaking to this medium in a telephone interview, the Vice Principal of the Bo School, Michael Kosia said that he received instruction from the Principal of the school to do a roll call after they received information from the parents that most of the children are on the streets.
According to him, a mid-term break of five days was given to the pupils. It was expected that they should be on campus but some did not attend until Monday. Bo School prides in discipline without compromising its rules, A-Z Newspaper can confirm.
Mr. Kosia said that the normal time for roll call is around 10pm after the prep or study time, but when he was given the instruction to do a roll call, he went into all the classes and announced to the pupils to go into the dining hall for a roll call.
He said he instructed that they should ring the bell for all the pupils to gather, which was loudly rung.
Mr. Kosia said that the pupils need not to go home for food or water because they are well taken care off and that they are expected to stay on campus to study as they have set up a high standard that cannot be comprised when it comes to promotion.
‘’60% is the passing mark for the internal examination and that getting below that will make the pupils repeat or be driven from the school,’’ he maintained.
He added that they are highly against pupils going to town without the permission of the administration.
Mr. Kosia said that they are going to inform the parents of the pupils suspended for two weeks.
The suspension affected students in the junior and senior secondary sectors.
However, the some of the suspended pupils claimed that they did not hear the sound of the bell for the roll call.
Some of them told this medium that they went in search of food as they are not getting good food to eat; and access to water is a huge challenge for them.
The suspended students are calling on the anti-corruption Commission to investigate the administration of the school for not adequately providing services their parents have paid for.
