Minister for Education, Matthew Opoku Prempeh has announced that final year day students seeking to be boarders will be accepted if their schools have boarding facilities.
“All day students in boarding schools will be accepted as boarders, that is for schools with boarding facilities only, for pure day schools there will be enhanced protocols to take care of the students. We won’t provide buses for them because we have been advised by the health experts that it’s not the best”.
The announcement was made by the Minister at a presser by the Ministry of Information in Accra Today, June 2.
The Minister added upon their return, religious activities on campuses have been banned for now.
“When schools do reopen the schools will not be able for religious activities. We don’t want too many interactions that can bring in and take out if it so happens that we can contact trace who may have brought the virus.”
Easing of Restrictions
President Akufo-Addo in his 10th address to the nation on Sunday, May 31, eased a few of the restrictions government imposed on the citizenry in an effort to combat the spread of the virus.
“From Monday 15th June the decision has been taken after engagement with teacher unions whose cooperation I salute to reopen schools and Universities to allow for final year students, Junior High, Senior High and University students to resumes classes ahead of the conduct of their respective exit examinations. Indeed final year University students are to report on their university campuses on 15th June, final year SHS 3 students together with SHS 2 gold track students on 22nd June and final year Junior High School on 29th June”
The President explained that the decision was taken after engagement with the teacher unions in the country.
University final year students will go back to school on June 15, SHS will do same on June 22 and JHS will resume classes on June 29.
Source; saltfmonline.com
