Two Rastafarians Denied Admission Because of Their dreadlocks, Achimota School

Two first year students have been denied their right to education in the prestigious Achimota School in the Greater Accra Region because of their hair.

Raswad Menkrabea whose son was among the two unfortunate children could not understand why the school will not give access to his son to have an education just because he has dreadlocks.

In a Facebook post he vetted out his frustration, indicating that every child has a right to education and also to their culture so far as the culture doesn’t breach the 1992 constitution.

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Read His Full Post here

Fellow Comrades and Friends,This morning, the school authorities of Achimota School claimed that their rules do not allow students with dreadlocks to be admitted. The school authorities denied two brilliant dreadlock students from being admitted after having been posted there by the Computer School Placement System. My son was one of the affected children and the other student was also refused on the same grounds. We have no option but to battle against this gross human right violation. As a child he has every right to his culture in so far as such culture do not breach the 1992 Constitution. He equally deserves the right to access education within his culture just like other cultural believers. As a Rastafarian, I think that dreadlocks do no way cause any harm which should even be a basis to be asserted by the school authorities. The fundamental questions to ask is what does our law say about right to one’s culture? Do you deny a child access to education based on his/her culture? Do public school rules override the supreme law of the land? Tomorrow I will be on TV3 to share some light. Will give update on time.Thank you for the Solidarity. Ras Aswad Nkrabeah

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