President Akufo Addo Announces Comprehensive Schedule For Schools Re-opening

President Nana Addo Danquah Akufo Addo has announced schedule for school reopening begging 9th March, 2021 In his 21st Address to the Nation on measures undertaken to control COVID-19 in Ghana, the president said:

The lessons drawn from the reopening of some sections of our educational institutions, in the course of last year, have put us in a much better position to oversee successfully the full reopening of our schools.

Our children must go to school, albeit safely, and we are satisfied that, in the current circumstances, the re-opening of our schools is safe.

So, from 15th January, our children in kindergarten, primary and Junior High, in both private and public schools, will be back in school.

All SHS 1 students will start classes from 10th March, with all students embarking on a single-track academic calendar.

Their seniors in SHS 2 and SHS 3 will, however, return to school from 18th January. I must stress that SHS 3 students in all schools, like SHS 1 students, will no longer run the double-track system.

The expansion of infrastructure at the various senior high schools, over the last three (3) years, has brought us to this favorable situation.

However, the double-track system will still be applicable to SHS 2 students in schools that are employing it. Students in universities and other tertiary institutions are to be in school from Saturday, 9th January.