The ministry in charge of education in Ghana has said the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the academic calendar in the past hence the delay.
“It’s an undeniable fact that the whole COVID regime certainly distorted our academic calendar. But of course, what the Minister for Education has done is to now set the clarity, so that the inconsistencies and of course the discrepancies when it comes to our academic calendar, that we have been witnessing, will be a thing of the past.
“And so what the Minister for Education, the honourable Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has done is to set up a ministerial committee on the school calendar. The committee had met, of course, under the leadership of the Deputy Minister, Rev. Ntim Fordjour. Just last Thursday, they finalised the draft document of their work,” he said.
According to Kwasi Kwarteng, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Education Ministry, it will soon announce the reopening date for basic schools in the country.
He said the actions of the Ministry was well-intended to address issues revolving around reopening dates for this year and beyond.
“What it means is that we’re going to have clarity and consistency in the academic calendar of our students. Not only for the 2021/2022 academic calendar, but even beyond. And so you’ll be having 2022/2023, 2023/2024, so that we set that clarity. So those problems with inconsistencies in re-opening dates will be a thing of the past,” he further explained.
Source: Mybrytnewsroom.com
