The
National Council of Parent-Teacher Association have spoken against the
re-opening of schools amidst the rise of this COVID-19, says it will be
disastrous.
A statement sighted by mynewsgh.com and signed by the National President Alexander Yaw Danso said,
“NCPTAs on behalf of parents
believes that it is premature to reopen schools for the following reasons:
There is no sufficient evidence based on science and data from the Ghana Health
Service (GHS) and other credible health agencies that the infection rate has
taken a nosedive consistently to acceptable levels to warrant schools
reopening.
Parents foresee a huge
difficulty in ensuring strict compliance of the protocols among children
particularly the social distancing, wearing of nose masks for long hours and
getting results on time for the proposed regular testing before students move
in and out of school premises daily.
Day students both at Basic and Senior High School (SHS) walk long
distances to and from school in groups. Others board public buses to and from
school. These scenarios highly expose our students to the Coronavirus.
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