President Nana Akufo-Addo has reiterated that the Government has taken the required steps to ensure students’ safety in school as all Schools are reopened.
He said Heads of institutions, as well as their teachers, have undergone the requisite orientation on “Guidelines for school re-opening during COVID-19”, to enable them to assist with compliance of students to the protocols.
Nana Akufo-Addo said he has been encouraged by the preparations being made by many schools, in some cases, with the support of their old student associations and PTAs, in anticipation of the return on Monday.
He said Government has also undertaken the fumigation and disinfection of schools, and the provision of sanitizers, masks, liquid soaps, Veronica Buckets, rolls of tissue paper, face shields for learners and staff with hearing impairments, and gloves for caregivers and attendants, to schools across the country. All Senior High Schools have been mapped to medical facilities across the country so that any outbreak of the disease in any such school can be duly contained.
According to the President, Suspected cases in primary and junior high schools will be managed by district health teams through the School Health Programme and the COVID-19 Rapid Response Teams.
“The world is facing a learning crisis – a crisis that is further worsening inequalities in access to education, with children from poorer homes and communities being the worst hit. This learning crisis has serious implications for the future of our country. This is especially worrying for me because I have placed education at the center of the social and economic progress and prosperity of Ghana, and of her political stability.”
“That is why, in our attempt to mitigate the impact of the pandemic, the CAPBuss initiative, being administered by the National Board for Small Scale Industries, has started disbursements to applicants from private educational institutions, many of whom have been hard-hit by the pandemic. More disbursements to these institutions are being processed.”
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Kofi Atakora
