When is the GES Reopening Schools? This question has lingered on for long and very often this question is followed by is the new time table for 2020 BECE / 2020 WASSCE out? The answer is no, however, GES schools reopening plans are to be made known to the public soon.
The GES has commenced its stakeholder engagements to help provide a common modality agreed on to the president of the republic.
The final blueprint will serve as the guideline for all Basic, Junior High, and Secondary Schools in the country.
Schools have been closed since March as a result of COVID-19 and a further ban on public gathering has kept schools shut.
Stakeholders for this developing the schools reopening plans include the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) and GNAT. The safety of school children, teachers, and the general public will guide all plans and strategies considered. This all-important discussion is already underway and all stakeholders are expected to make their inputs available by close of day on 19th May 2020.
Private school owners and teachers will be the most excited group if schools are reopened as they have suffered income loss compared to their public counterparts in the education sector.
GES schools reopening plans must critically consider the challenges of practicing social distancing in our schools, which was not built for such best practices of the new normal.
It is expected that the consideration of reopening school for final year students will be high on the table.
This decision is also expected to guide the release of the new time table for BECE and WASSCE examinations which have been delayed by COVID-19.
These outcomes will further help tertiary institutions come out with their next academic calendars in both the private and public universities.
If the plans the stakeholders come out with are approved, it will see the gradual return of school activities across the country after almost two months of break.
With Ghana’s recovery figure now at 1460 representing 25.89% of cases. It is expected that the daily cases will fall per day to better help decide on the school reopening date.
