2020 Election: Academic break for SHS 2 students starts next week Friday
Second-year students in various Senior High Schools (SHSs) are to go on a mandatory one-week academic break effective Friday, December 4, 2020, Ghana’s Education Service (GES) has directed.
It in a communique sighted by Georgeweb.org said schools when closed on Friday 4th December will be reopened on Tuesday December 8, 2020.
The Education Service added that students will return to school on Wednesday December 9, 2020 to continue with academic activities and vacate on December 14 as earlier stated by President Akufo-Addo.
This arrangement according to the Ghana Education Service (GES) is to ensure eligible voters who are students and currently in school participate in the upcoming general election scheduled for December 7, 2020.
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The management of the Service in the light of the above entreats teachers, parents and students to take note of the academic break.
Source: Georgeweb.org
Am very much concerned about how these students are being exposed to imminent danger . Mandatory break for a week for students to move to and fro . There’s a whole lots of danger and stress with boarding of vehicles including those who travel more than 200 km and others .