The Eastern Regional Education Directorate is currently in a meeting with Municipal and District Education Directors discussing several issues including preparation towards reopening of Schools amid coronavirus pandemic which experts say has come to stay.
The meeting is being held at GNAT Hall amid observation of social distancing protocols though the number of participants was more than 25 when mybrytfmonline.com peeped into the meeting Thursday morning.
The Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah stated at a press briefing Thursday, Minister Government had not planned to reopen schools soon. “With the greatest of respects it is not correct. The government is not saying that schools are to reopen soon. What we are saying is that consultation on what it takes to reopen schools is what we are currently engaged in.
He noted, “if there has been a misspeak, just to put it in its right context, consultations on what it takes to reopen schools, as part of the potential easing of the general restrictions that we are living under, are what have started.”
Mr. Nkrumah, however, described as worth noting the apprehension around among stakeholders on the issue.
“We notice that there is a lot of stakeholder group, parents, unions that appear a bit apprehensive since those reports came out. It’s okay to be apprehensive, indeed if we are not apprehensive, then we would not being sensitive to the challenges of the time. It’s okay to be apprehensive, it is okay to have worries, it is okay to wonder how this would we be done,” he indicated.
COVID-19 cases in Ghana have now moved to 6,269 after 173 new cases were recorded. The Ghana Health Service announced Thursday May 20, 2020.
Also, 125 more recoveries have been confirmed increasing the total number of recoveries to 1,898.
The death toll still stands at 31.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Obed Ansah
