The Ministry of Education has begun an inquiry into the mayhem that erupted on Monday on the campus of Kumasi's Islamic Senior High School.
Following a brawl between enraged students and crowd-control officers, at least 30 students were taken to the hospital.
The youngsters were protesting pedestrian collisions involving some of the school's students and professors.
John Ntim Fordjuor, the Deputy Education Minister, said the government will examine the dispute and take proper action.
"Every event that occurs in any institution under the Ministry and GES, no matter how trivial, requires attention; merits investigation to see if there are any lessons to be learned for the future."
"And so, based on that assumption, we're curious to learn and discover the facts beyond what we've seen to see if there are any underpinnings." There are several issues that need to be addressed so that we don't just go beyond with the incident here.
Following word of the police-student brawl, hundreds of parents descended on the school in an attempt to see their children.
They were dismayed, though, when the cops refused to let them in.
They expressed their displeasure with the school district's handling of the situation and threatened to take legal action against them.
"What irritates me is the school board's decision to allow pupils to demonstrate. Why should you allow students under your care to participate in demonstrations?
"We are well aware that you can only go out on the streets with police permission. "You did none of them for the sole purpose of leading the youngsters to demonstrate," an enraged father interrogated.
"I have three children at this school," she added. All of them suffer from asthma. If something awful happens to them, school officials and police will be sorry for their conduct."
George Akuffo Dampare, the Inspector-General of Police, who visited the school and some of the afflicted kids in hospitals, committed to investigate the behaviour of police personnel in detail in order to preserve peace and order at the school.
It comes after police fired warning shots and tear gas at students who were blocking the Abrepo Junction-Barekese Road in protest of students and instructors being killed.
"I also want to reassure you that, whatever occurred in terms of the policing element of it, we will investigate it and take all necessary steps."
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