Ghana schools prepare for the start of the school year after ten months of closure

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After ten months of confinement due to the Covid-19 pandemic, schools are gradually reopening their doors. Cleaning and disinfection operations began on Friday in middle and high schools and are actively continuing in view of the start of the school year, scheduled for Monday. A long-awaited return to school but which is also a source of concern.

For teachers, the return to school in Ghana is a source of both relief and apprehension. Jonathan Apiath, a school teacher, is worried about the drop in the level of his students, after ten months of confinement.

“ In my community, the students hardly learned anything. The online courses didn’t work, during that time they forgot everything they were taught. Now they’re supposed to move up a grade, but we need at least five weeks to catch up with all of the content from last year, before we move on to the next level. “

Another challenge for this new school year: enforce the strict health protocol imposed by the government; wearing a mask, washing hands before each class… Not easy in classes that sometimes have 70 students, says Emmanuel Poppe, who teaches in college.

“ We will do our best to enforce and follow the health protocol. But our problem is with young children. We don’t know how to get them to wear a mask. But we will do our best. It’s time to go back to school . “

Return scheduled for this Monday therefore. While in higher education, students resumed on January 9.

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