Ghana: Reopening for 2nd Free Senior High School Batch in Limbo

Minister of Education, Ghana, Dr Matthew Opoku-Prempeh

Accra, Ghana, August 16, 2018//-The Ghana Education Service (GES) is uncertain when first year senior high school (SHS) students of the 2018/2019 academic year will go to school but will offer high school tutoring to all who need that special help.

This is contained in a press statement issued by GES in Accra today.

“Management is, however, hopeful that the opening date for the 1st year students on the GREEN Track will coincide with that of the continuing students as it happened in the 2017/2018 academic year,” a statement signed by the Head of the Public Relations Unit of GES, Cassandra Twum Ampofo, said.

The reopening for continuing students has, however, been scheduled for 8 September.

The statement assured that reopening for the 1st year students, who form the second batch of the Free SHS policy, will be announced soon.

There has been controversy over how admission for this batch will be done as government rolls out a double intake system to cater for the growing number in enrollment.

Earlier, the government has indicated that not all schools will be roped into the new system.

“Details of the academic calendar for first years, together with the list of schools running the double track would soon be published,” the statement said.

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