Strengthen Guidance, Counseling Units in Schools to Curb Rising Suicide Cases - Lawyer Ansah
Story By: Lawrence Yeboah Gyan A Sunyani based Private Legal Practitioner, Lawyer Eric Ansah Ankomah has expressed the need for Ghana Education Service (GES) to strengthen the already existing Guidance and Counseling Units at all levels of Education in Ghana to cater for personal problems that may affect academics or relations in Schools. Contributing to a discussion on whether or not Suicide should be decriminalized, Lawyer Ansah who did not want to sound prejudicial due to a pending case at the Supreme Court, was of the view that, effective guidance and counseling Units will not only maintain academic standards but will address the challenges that are likely to provoke Suicidal thoughts. He noted that both the Society and the academic environment today are confronted with several life-threatening challenges that if not checked, could jeopardize the destiny of the future generation. Mr Fred Asante, Chief Executive Officer of Sikapa Farms, who spoke on the same issue, mai...