Ernest Ocloo, a mathematics teacher at Sawla Senior High School in the Savannah Region, was sentenced to 15 years in jail with hard labor by a Tamale High Court presided over by Richard Kogyapwah.
The defendant was detained after allegedly rapping a female student at the school.
A 7-member jury issued a unanimous guilty decision, according to Salia Abdul-Quddus, Northern Regional Chief State Attorney.
According to him, the offense occurred on November 12th, 2019. He said that the defendant pled not guilty at the start of the trial. Background
The accused instructor reportedly raped the girl (name withheld) after inviting her to the staff common room. The victim bled profusely as a result of the sexual contact, prompting the instructor to bring her to the ladies' dormitory and flee.
Colleagues of the victim who witnessed her in distress requested assistance and transported her to the hospital for treatment.
The instructor was eventually arrested and charged with rape before the Bole Magistrate Court.
Meanwhile, the mathematics instructor has been fired by the Ghana Education Service (GES). Ernest Olcoo has been accused of sexual misconduct with multiple female pupils at Sawla Senior High School, according to a letter signed by the Director-General, Prof. Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa.
The letter further indicated that on November 11, 2019, the instructor acknowledged to having sexual intercourse with a female student in the staff common area.
"Mr. Ernest Ocloo has a pattern of sexually harassing female pupils at school." According to my recent practice and precedent, such misconduct is punishable by termination of appointment, so management recommends that Mr. Ernest Ocloo's appointment be terminated in accordance with section 63(iii)(b)(vi) page 86 of the Ghana Education Service's code of conduct for teachers and other workers."
According to the letter, management hopes that this would serve as a warning to other Ghana Education Service employees that such behavior will not be tolerated.