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PREZ. DIRECTS EDUCATION MINISTER TO INAUGURATE COMMITTEE ON SCHOOLS REOPENING
President nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has directed the Minister in charge of Education, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, to inaugurate a 10-member committee in Accra to deliberate and advise on modalities for the re-opening of schools in the pre-tertiary subsector for an appropriate way forward.
This follows the address to the nation by President Akufo-Addo on Sunday 16th August 2020, which included government's intentions to consider the reopening of schools following the shutdown in March 2020 due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
From a letter to this effect, the committee is chaired by Prof. Dominic Fobih, a former Minister of Education and currently the chairman of the GETFund Board of Trustees.
The other members include;
- mr. Michael Nsowah – Chair, GES Council
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Prof. Kwasi Opoku Amankwa – director-General, GES
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Mr. Anthony Boateng – Deputy director-general (M & S), GES
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Dr. Kwabena Tandoh – Deputy Director-General (Q & A), GES
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Mrs. Kate Appiah-Pinkrah – Director, Pre-Tertiary, MoE
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Mr. Madeez adamu Issah – Rep, UNICEF
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Mr. I. K Mensah – Rep, Private Schools
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Nana Kwasi Amoako – P.T.A Chair, Accra Girls SHS
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Mrs. Patty Assan – Director, Schools and Instructions
The committee is expected to report to the Minister on Monday 21st September 2020 with its recommendations.
Read the letter:
