CHASS calls on government to address challenges ahead of reopening for SHS first years

The Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary School (CHASS) has appealed to government to address infrastructural challenges facing some Senior High Schools ahead of school reopening for first-year students.

First-year SHS students are to report to school on Thursday, March 18, 2021.

The Ghana Education Service (GES) last week rescheduled the reopening of schools for such students to March 18 from the initial March 10, 2021 date.

The GES explained in a statement that this was “to enable the students and parents to have ample time to prepare for school and School Management to also prepare to receive them”.

“Management has also noted that some students have not yet enrolled and the extension will give these students the opportunity to do so as well,” the statement added.

Speaking to Citi News, President of CHASS Alhaji Yacoub A.B. Abubakar said government must also make available personal protective equipment for the students before schools reopen on Thursday.

According to him, they (CHASS) have their part to play and are ready for the students.

However, the government must also play its part to enable them to receive the students smoothly.

Mr. Abubakar specifically mentioned furniture, nose mask, Veronica buckets and sanitisers to be supplied by government.

As at the time of the interview, he insisted that those haven’t been supplied yet.

“In terms of preparation, we can look at it from two angles. That’s our internal preparations and with that I will tell you that to a large extent are ready to receive the first years when they begin reporting from Thursday. We have put in place our dormitories, our classrooms and generally the schools are in order to receive them. But we are having some few challenges in terms of furniture and others which we have drawn the attention of authorities to it.”

“We think if those issues are addressed, it will make our preparedness far better than what we have now. Similarly, we are also still in COVID-19 and with the freshers coming, there is also the need for the observance of the protocols. Here, I’m talking about the distribution of nose mask, Veronica buckets and sanitisers and they are to come from government and they haven’t come yet.”

Source: Citinewsroom.com

GES postpones reopening date of SHS 1 students

The Ghana Education Service has postponed the reopening of first-year Senior High School students to Thursday, March 18 through to Sunday, March 21.

In a press release signed by the Deputy Director-General, the Service said the action is to give students who have had issues with self-placement time to complete the process.

Also, others who have not completed their school’s admission process have been encouraged to use the extension to complete the process.

The Service added that the rescheduling will also help parents have adequate time to prepare their kids for school as well as give schools additional time needed to prepare to welcome them.

“Management had decided that the reopening of schools for first-year students should be rescheduled for Thursday, March 18 through to Sunday March 21, 2021.”

“The spread out period is to enable the schools to structure the admission process in such a way that not too many students get crowded at the school at one particular point in time.”

Meanwhile, academic work will begin on Monday, March 22, in all schools.

GES has also urged parents to ensure that their children leave home with adequate nose masks to protect themselves amid Covid-19, while management of schools has also been tasked to ensure strict adherence to Covid-19 protocols.

Source: MyJoyOnline

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