The Ministry of Education has been urged to reconsider the decision to allow first-year students of senior high schools (SHS) to report on Monday, December 4, 2023.
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban S. K.
Bagbin, has proposed that the reopening date be shifted to the first week of
January to allow both parents and teachers to prepare adequately.
The Speaker
has invited the Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, to appear before the
House on Monday, December 4 to brief the House on the reopening date and other
matters.
The move follows a statement by the
Member of Parliament (MP) for Akatsi North and Ranking Member on Education,
Peter Kwasi Nortsu-Kotoe, on the apparent rush to allow the students to go to
school on Monday.
The MPs, all from the minority side, expressed concern about the challenges parents would have to go through
between Thursday and Sunday to get their children ready to go to school on
Monday.
The MPs, said
it was incomprehensible for schools placement to released just two days ago and
rush students to report on Monday.
The MPs said they have received calls
from constituents for support and even to effect changes in their placement.
The MP for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto
Ablakwa, was emphatic that he has received calls from teachers expressing
fatigue and asked that some time be given them to rest.
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