Obuasi SHTS abuse probe 85% complete and points to prosecution, Education Minister tells Parliament

The Minister for Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has told Parliament that a ministry committee investigating allegations of sexual abuse at Obuasi Senior High Technical School (SHTS) in the Ashanti Region is 85 per cent through its work, and that the evidence gathered so far points to a prima facie case for prosecution,, and on Tuesday 10 November 2026.

Speaking in Parliament on Tuesday, Mr Iddrisu said the committee set up on 14 October was nearing completion, while the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service is handling the criminal aspects of the case, including allegations of sexual assault against some students.

"The weight of evidence suggests that a court would have considered the matter that a prima facie case is established for purposes of prosecution, which we expect to start shortly," he said. and that the evidence relates to the school's headteacher, who was interdicted after the allegations emerged.

The minister said he had earlier briefed a joint sitting of Parliament's committees on human rights, gender and education on the situation at the school.

No one has been charged in court in connection with the allegations, and anyone accused is presumed innocent unless proven guilty. A separate committee reported in October that it found no evidence linking the headmaster to a separate claim about the burial of a foetus on the school grounds. Ghana Crimes does not identify the students involved or the accused in this case.