The Ministry of Education has expressed profound sorrow over the tragic death of seven students from Lawra Senior High School who drowned on Saturday, June 14, 2025, when a canoe carrying ten members of the school's cadet corps capsized on the Black Volta River.
In a statement issued on Sunday, June 15, and signed by Deputy Minister of Education and Member of Parliament, Dr Clement Abas Apaak, the Ministry confirmed that the students were attempting to cross the river near Dikpe, along the Ghana-Burkina Faso border, as part of their routine morning jog.
The students boarded a canoe which tragically capsized midstream, resulting in the deaths of two boys and five girls.
Three students survived the incident.
