I understand you to say that your daughter got pregnant in school. She was subjected to a ‘strip-search’ in front of teachers to determine whether she was pregnant. She was verbally abused by the school authorities. Ultimately, she was expelled from the school.
I shall presume that your daughter was, at the time, below the age of 18. By Ghanaian law, she was a child.
Ghanaian law protects the right of a child to education. It is a fundamental human right. It cannot be taken away from the child, no matter what. Even pregnancy does not derogate from the right. Therefore, the school authorities were wrong to expel your daughter just because she was pregnant. For practical reasons, they may have recommended deferring school for a year for maternity reasons, or even for reasons of not distracting the other children. But dismissal is strong medicine.
A child has the right not to be subjected to any form of cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment. Verbally abusing the child and subjecting them to a public ‘strip-search’ is certainly degrading and inhumane. The school authorities and teachers had absolutely no right to do that.
I have not made the time to research into the subsidiary legislation of the Ghana Education Service, but my answer to you is based on the supreme law – the Constitution, and the Children’s Act. We have condoned the discriminatory act of throwing pregnant girls out of school, while the boys they got pregnant with (if they are boys in school) are allowed to go on and finish their education. It is not constitutional.
You (as guardian of the poor girl) have a cause of action against the School at the Human Rights Division of the High Court.
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