Some members of staff and old students of the Adisadel College (ADISCO) have called for a probe into the administration of the Headmaster, Mr. H.K.K. Graham, to restore financial sanity, openness and accountability to the school.
According to them, the way the school was currently being run left much to be desired and so there was the need to correct any type of financial malfeasance in the administration. A number of both groups who spoke to the Daily Graphic alleged that apart from financial malfeasance, Mr. Graham had resorted to divide-and-rule tactics in the conduct of the affairs of the college.
They said Mr. Graham claimed the school had run into a deficit of about GH�100,000, without explaining how the deficit was accumulated, and decided to levy each student GH�50 per term for three terms, though the amount accrued was yet to be accounted for.
They said besides, students who were made to sign bonds for breaching school rules were made to pay GH�50, which had now been increased to GH�70. They indicated that 183 students who were said to have broken school rules signed bonds which raked in GH�7,000 at the end of last year, adding that every term students paid GH�14 each for the ICT facility at the school for browsing, yet they did not have access to computers.
According to them, house dues of GH�10 were paid by the 2,025 students of the college, out of which 60 percent was supposed to be used as motivation for teachers and the rest used to beef up security on the school compound, adding that on Wednesday, June 1, 2011, thieves broke into Canterbury House and made away with items belonging to the students.
They accused the headmaster for renovating the office of the Central Regional Director of Education with school funds, while a storey building on the school compound was dilapidated.
Meanwhile, the regional director continues to take his lunch from the school. They further stated that the headmaster owned a hostel at the Cape Coast polytechnic and another one at the University of Cape Coast. They alleged that considering the amount that had been paid by students, there was the need to probe the administration to ensure accountability.
When contacted on phone, Mr. Graham asked why the Daily Graphic had not contacted him, even though he had spoken to people during the parent-teacher association (PTA) meeting last Saturday.
When the Daily Graphic attempted to explain to him that he had refused to talk on phone earlier, Mr. Graham insisted that he had been at a meeting when the call was made.
In fact, Mr. Graham had picked the phone and responded to the call but hung up for some time when he realised that he was talking to a reporter. He later banged the phone and failed to pick further calls.
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