SHS, Technical school students will observe the mid-term break on campus – GES directs

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has asked all secondary and technical school students to observe the mid-term break on campus. This, according to GES, is in line with Covid-19 security protocols.

The GES initially issued a directive for schools to end mid-term on Tuesday, July 20, 2021 and resume on July 25, 2021, but in a subsequent circular, dated Monday, July 19, the GES explained that, “in referring to a letter from the Director General of Health Services in Ghana, which warns of mass student movements, due to the recent Covid-19 epidemic, “no student should be allowed to return home.

“The management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) therefore wishes to inform the principals of secondary and technical schools that students should not be allowed to return home during the mid-term period,” said the deputy director general. (Quality and Access), said Dr KwabenaTandoh.

“The mid-semester break should be observed in schools without academic activity. Academic work should resume on Monday July 26, 2021, as previously indicated, ”he added.

The letter from the Ghana Health Service (GHS), on the basis of which the GES issued the directive, was signed by its Managing Director, Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye on Monday, July 19, 2021. The statement explained that the break at mid-term may present a questioning of the already precarious situation of Covid-19 in schools and in the population in general.

“It can also present challenges in containing existing epidemics in schools. The directors of the aforementioned institutions as well as the students must therefore comply with the directive, ”the GHS statement stressed.

Speaking on Joy FM Topstory On Monday, Dr KwabenaTandoh hailed the GHS directive saying the decision to keep final graders in schools will mitigate the community spread of the virus.

“Concerns have been expressed that when you have mass movements of people from one place to another you may have problems transmitting covid-19 disease and therefore it will be better, safer and better. healthier for everyone. “
He further added that despite the GHS directive, students will be forced to observe the mid-semester break.

“The idea of ​​the mid-semester break is not necessarily even for students to go home, but to take a break from the daily rigors of academic work and rest. So we still observe this mid-semester break, but we observe it. within the guidelines of the Ghana Health Service so as not to worsen the situation in the country, ”he said.