President Nana Akufo-Addo in his latest COVID-19 updates last Sunday 30 August said academics for children in elementary, JHS1 and SHS1 schools has been postponed till 2021.

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The President added that students in JHS2 and SHS2 will resume school for a period of 10 weeks starting October 5 to December.

During the live telecast, President Akuffo Addo also reopened the Kotoka International airport and flights will resume operations by September 1. Other borders in the country remains closed.

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Nana Akufo-Addo said all travelers must show proof that they have tested negative for Coronavirus and must present Covid- 19 test result not more than 72 hours before they board the plane.

Ghana has recorded 44,205 cases of the virus and have seen 42,777 and only 276 deaths.

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The minister of Education, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh has shot down any suggestions to close down Ghana’s schools as the country grapples to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease.

Final year students at the junior, senior and tertiary levels were ordered back in school late last month as the education sector was halted in mid-March following a surge in the country’s confirmed cases of the infectious disease.

The government’s reluctance to close down schools was met with disappointment from the Ghana Medical Association (G.M.A.) as they had hoped their suggestion of total closure would have been considered.

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Enumerating the reasons why the government could not close down the schools, the sector minister averred that female students would be susceptible to rape if they stay at home for a long time.

The calls for the closure of schools have been necessitated by a number of recorded cases across some second-cycle institutions which caused many parents to troop into the schools to fetch their children.

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Some African countries have either cancelled the school calendar or suspended final year examination. Conspicuous on the list are Kenya which will reopen schools in 2021 while Nigeria has cancelled all final year examinations.

Ghana currently has almost 23,000 case count with 129 deaths. The active number of cases is pegged at 5,129. The country places fourth pn the Africa chart only surpassed by South Africa, Egypt and Nigeria.

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