The education directorate in the Savanna region says it is ready to continue with academic work when schools reopen in October 2020 for JHS 2 and SHS 2 pupils and students.
According to the directorate, preparations such as provision of Personal Protective equipment, tidying up of school compounds and the disinfection of the classrooms are some of the things being done to ensure a safe environment for the schoolchildren when they return next month.
Speaking to journalists during the disinfection exercise by waste management giants ZOOMLION that kick started on Thursday in the Regional Capital Damongo, the Deputy Director of Education in the West Gonja district Katribi Dramani said the area is ready for the reopening as announced by the President.
He said, “this disinfection exercise is good as it will help keep the children safe from the deadly COVID-19 and other diseases they might have brought from home….
We have also told the heads of the schools to make sure the schools which have become inundated with weeds due to the long shutdown are weeded and the place made clean before the children return on October 25”.
HEADS OF SCHOOLS EXPRESS JOY
Some heads of basic schools who spoke to journalists on the sidelines of the disinfection exercise expressed joy at the exercise stressing that it is a good one that will go a long way to help keep the children safe.
Assistant Headmaster of the Jafo JHS Block B told journalists that he is happy the pupils are coming back to school.
He said, “We are very happy with this exercise. This will keep our children safe especially during this COVID-19 period. We have also received PPE to ensure they wash their hands and also cover their noses with the masks”.
“Government has already given us some PPE and we are happy about that. We will now clear the bushes around before the children come back in October”, he stressed.
Non-Cooperation from Schools
At Buipe in the Central Gonja district, though the team from ZOOMLION was ready to carry out the disinfection exercise some schools were not ready to open their classrooms for the sprayers to work.
Samuel Nyaba Aliah the area manager for ZOOMLION told journalists, “the head-teachers are not cooperating with us as some of them have refused to open their classrooms for us. They have even refused to sign the documents meant for the exercise.
At the Jakpa Primary School, the headmistress Madam Siibi Abudu Mariam also expressed similar sentiments of joy at the exercise but asked government to come to their aid with more classrooms to accommodate the pupils.
The exercise is the third phase of the Schools Disinfection exercise started in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
SOURCE: Bestnewsgh.com
