Tyrone Marguay, the Rastafarian student caught in the middle of an impasse, together with his siblings have been offered six full scholarships with meals by different schools.
This is coming at a time where sisters of one of the boys, who were admitted by St. John’s Grammar School were also asked to cut down their hair at the height of the controversy about whether to be admitted or not.
Tyrone Marguay has been denied admission to the Achimota School over his failure to trim his dreadlocks.
An official from one of the schools who spoke to Joy News on the condition of anonymity said that they [his school] believe no students should be denied education.
“We do believe that no student should be denied education. We also believe that, yes, students need to learn to obey rules but those rules in any way should not deny students the opportunity to education, which is a basic right for kids.
“So our own rules allow us to admit students that are Rastafarians, perhaps who have dreadlocks [and] we felt that why not give them the opportunity?
“We also had to discuss the cost [of Education] because we are very much aware that for students that are enrolled in the free SHS, they may not be able to afford International Education.