GES presents its new JHS uniforms in September

General News on Friday, April 12, 2019

Source: ghananewsagency.org

2019-04-12

The Ghana Education Service (GES) announced Thursday it would introduce new uniforms for lower secondary students next September.

Professor Kwasi Opoku Amankwa, General Manager of GES, said that the uniform should be used in addition to existing school uniforms, as early as the next academic year in order to prepare students to understand the fact that they are in transition from primary to secondary school.

Professor Amankwa, who was speaking to the press in Accra, said that the change of uniform had become necessary because the current one prevented JHS school students from distinguishing themselves from the school. their younger elementary school colleagues.

The uniform is in the form of a brown and white striped shirt with the Ghanaian flag, a graduation cap, a certificate and printed books, to wear over a "khaki skirt" for girls and a kaki shorts for boys.

The Director-General explained that the flag printed on the shirt symbolized patriotism, that the graduation cup and the certificate represented intelligence and superiority, while the book described knowledge for empowerment.

According to Professor Amankwa, the cost of uniforms will be borne by the parents, while the government will pay for those living in disadvantaged areas, in accordance with the provisions in force.

Commenting on the prohibition of the payment of examination fees in primary schools, he said that the constitution of the nation provided for free basic education, compulsory and universal.

"This means to us that no child should be denied access to academic work because of his inability to pay royalties or fees that could prevent any child from gaining access to school. academic work, was unacceptable, "he said.

The general manager of GES said that the so-called writing of exam questions on the floor and ceilings by the teacher had been excessively stressful, which GES deemed unnecessary.

He badured all principals, parents and students that the problems would be solved in future exams.

Prof Amankwa said that the service, in consultation with stakeholders in the education sector, intended to use part of their per capita grants to pay for the printing of test documents.

"We also intend to provide print materials to all district education offices across the country so that exam questions and other printing needs of schools can be printed without any direct financial commitment. the pupils' share, "he said.

The Director General of the GES reiterated the government's commitment to educational development, stating that in 2018, the government had released a sum of 2,500 GHC for each educational circuit and would look after this. year that each circuit receives 4,200.00 GHC to help improve teaching and learning. the results.

"The administrative grant to the regional offices, which was 1,000.00 GHC per district per year, was raised to 6,000.00 GHC in 2017, to 50,000 GHC in 2018 and is expected to increase to 100,000 GHC this year, "he said.

He said that, for high schools, a sum of 794,076,339.15 GHC had been paid to schools on the budget allocation of 899,524,466.30 GHC for the 2017/2018 academic year.