Ghana Education Service Postpones Reopening Date For Select Senior High Schools To April 23
- The Ghana Education Service has announced a new reopening date for single-track Senior High Schools
- The single-track Senior High Schools will now reopen on April 23, 2025, instead of March 29, 2025
- Senior High Schools have been directed to inform parents, guardians, and students about the change in date
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The Ghana Education Service postponed the reopening date for single-track Senior High Schools.
These schools will now reopen on April 23, 2025, instead of March 29, 2025.
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3News reported that the date change was communicated in an official Ghana Education Service circular.
The circular was addressed to all regional education directors. School heads are to inform parents, guardians, and students about the adjustment.
The upcoming Eid-Ul-Fitr holiday on March 30 and 31 initially led to a shift to April 1.
Following further assessment, Ghana Education Service extended the date to April 23 to ensure a smooth academic schedule.
Further clarification from Ghana Education Service
Cassandra Twum-Ampofo, the service's Public Relations Officer explained to Graphic Online that reopening schools just before a series of holidays would not be ideal.
The service took into account travel risks the students could encounter.
"Monday and Tuesday had been declared as statutory holidays, and just after they returned, there would be a break for Easter celebrations. It would not be prudent to allow students to be travelling back and forth, considering the risks involved."
When asked about the impact of the delay on final-year students preparing for the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), Twum-Ampofo said lost instructional time would be taken into account.
She said there is always an instructional hour added to make up for breaks of this nature.
"So, it is also not something new. The only thing is that we didn't want the situation whereby when they come, just Monday, Tuesday, there's a holiday, and then there is also an Easter break."
The service has double-track and single-track schools to account for infrastructure challenges brought on by the Free SHS policy.
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The double-track shift system was introduced in 2018 to enable the free SHS programme to prevent overcrowding and accommodate the increased enrolment.
When the government introduced the policy, it explained it was guided by the principle that "no qualified child should be left behind."
The Ministry of Education argued that contact hours between teacher and student will increase, enabling teachers to have more time to complete the syllabus.
The double-track school calendar was also to reduce congestion in schools and this will lead to a reduction in class sizes
2025 BECE and WASSCE dates released
YEN.com.gh reported that the Ghana Education Service announced the dates for the 2025 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) and the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for school candidates.
The service shared the examination schedules and called for timely preparation.
The BECE will take place from June 9 to June 16, 2025, while the WASSCE will be held from August 4 to September 19, 2025.
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