North East: Schools closed down after scabies infection

File: hundreds of people have been affected in the North East region

The Dagliboari Primary and Junior High Schools have been closed down following the outbreak of strange skin disease in some communities in the North East region.

3news.com gathered that the schools were closed down on Tuesday September 24, after medical professionals from the Gambaga Municipal Health Directorate confirmed a widespread of scabies in the Dagliboari community.

The Gambaga Municipal Director of Education, Hawa Yussif Pont who disclosed this to 3news.com said the Municipal Assembly is considering closing down more schools.

Madam Hawa Pont pointed out that the closure was based expert advice.

“Information my HR brought from the municipal assembly per advice from the health directorate was that both primary and junior high schools at Dagbliboari be closed down till Monday and so that has been done, since the disease is contagious.

“As to whether we will close down the Garbage Girls Senior High School or not, we are yet to take a decision as to whether any school with a suspected case should be close down or not, and such a decision will have to come from the municipal chief executive since my outfit takes instructions from him,” she told journalist Mahama Mashood in North East region.

Meanwhile, at least 42 students of the Gambaga Girls Senior High School have contracted the strange skin disease spreading through communities in the North East region.

The Gambaga Municipal Health Directorate that confirmed the discovery to 3news.com on Wednesday said students who were examined reported of itching skin and rashes.

Later, when 3news.com visited the school, the Headmistress Asuma Ayisha also confirmed that some students have been infected by a skin disease.

She said the students were referred to the Municipal Health Directorate for testing.

The Health Master of the School, Jawula Mohammed Sayawu added, “The personnel from the Ghana Health Service told School Authority of the possibility of the two students from Dagliboari being scabies, but doubted the other 40 students, stating it could be something different”, the Health Master revealed.

By Zubaida Ismail/3news.com

GES Suspends 2019 Protocol SHS Admissions; Re-opens Self Placement Portal after Temporal Shut down

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has re-opened the self-placement portal for 2019 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) graduates to place themselves in vacant Senior High Schools.

The system was temporarily shut down by the Ghana Education Service on September 11,2019 due to an update of schools for the placement process.

But in a statement issued by the Head of Pubic Relations Unit of the GES, Cassandra Twum Ampofo on September 12,2019, the GES apologized to graduates that have been affected by the shut down and called on them to re-visit the portal to continue with the self-placement process.

The GES thereby directed  students who did self placement between 9th and 11th September to go back to the self-placement module to select a school.

The CSSPS Self-Placement

A total of 122,706 candidates who qualified to enter the senior high schools, technical and vocational institutions but have not been placed, have the chance to do self-placement.

By this system, a candidate who misses out on the placement under the Computerized School Selections Placement System (CSSPS) and is required to go to the self-placement platform on the cssps.gov.gh or cssps.org to select his or her preferred school from a list of schools provided.

Source: EducationGhana.net

GES closes down self-placement module

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has temporarily closed down the self-placement module on the Computerised School Selections Placement System (CSSPS).

A statement issued Wednesday and signed by the Head of Public Relations at the GES, Ms Cassandra Twum Ampofo, said the close down is to enable the GES update the list of schools and programmes available on the module.

It said the system would come live again on Thursday, September 12, 2019.

It added however that all other modules on the school placement programme are live and actively working.

“Students, parents and the general public should therefore continue to access their placements. Management of GES wishes to sincerely apologise for the inconvenience caused,” the statement added.

Self-placement

The GES on Tuesday announced that candidates who qualified to enter the senior high schools, technical and vocational institutions but have not been placed, have the chance to do self-placement.

According to Ms Twum Ampofo, a total of 122,706 candidates out of the 473,728 candidates who qualified to be placed are expected to do self-placement.

She explained that by this system, a candidate who misses out on the placement under the Computerised School Selections Placement System (CSSPS) and is required to go to the self-placement platform on the cssps.gov.gh or cssps.org to select his or her preferred school from a list of schools provided.

According to Ms Twum Ampofo, there were enough vacancies to be filled by all the candidates.

Source: graphic.com.gh

No BECE results for 19 for using mobile phones

A total of 517,331 candidates took part in the examination nationwide

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released provisional results of the 2019 Basic Education Certificate Examinations (BECE).

However, the entire results of 19 candidates have been cancelled because they brought mobile phones to halls during the exams held in June.

Subject results of 173 candidates have also been cancelled as they brought foreign materials to the exams halls.

WAEC is also looking into the subject results of 2,497 candidates.

“The withheld subject results will either be released or cancelled as soon as the Council concludes its investigations,” a statement issued on Thursday said.

The exams were held from Monday, June 10 – 14.

A total of 517,331 candidates made up of 263,602 males and 253,729 females sat the exams.

But 5,320 were absent though they registered.

The results have been despatched to the various schools through the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Directors of Education.

They are all, however, hosted online and candidates who desire have been asked to access them, a situation a group, CUTS Ghana, has kicked against.

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By Emmanuel Kwame Amoh|3news.com|Ghana