Covid-19: Akufo-Addo gives greenlight for schools to re-open at all levels
Ghanaian students at all levels of education will now return to school as part of government’s strategic efforts to ease the COVID-19 induced restrictions on educational activities.
This was announced by President Akufo-Addo in his 21st Coronavirus update on Sunday, January 3, 2021.
Basic school students from Kindergarten (KG) to Junior High School (JHS) will resume their classroom activities from Friday, January 15, 2021.
Continuing Senior High School (SHS) students will go back to school on January 18, 2021.
However, first-year SHS students are expected to begin school on March 10, 2021.
Tertiary students will return to lecture halls from Saturday, January 9, 2021.
These dates were arrived at after government held discussions with various stakeholders within the sector to devise a comprehensive and detailed plan on the reopening of schools and the lessons drawn from the partial reopening of schools during the latter part of 2020.
“So, from 15th January, our children in kindergarten, primary and Junior High, in both private and public schools, will be back in school. All SHS 1 students will start classes from 10th March, with all students embarking on a single-track academic calendar. Their seniors in SHS 2 and SHS 3 will, however, return to school from 18th January. Students in universities and other tertiary institutions are to be in school from Saturday, 9th January,” President Akufo-Addo announced.
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