Ghana Education Service Grants Permission For SHS Students To Leave School For Voter Registration

• The Ghana Education Service will permit students to leave school to participate in the continuous voter registration exercise
• The commission will conduct the continuous voter registration exercise from May 7, to May 27, 2024
• The commission intends to submit the provisional voters’ register to the political parties in July

The Ghana Education Service (GES) will permit Senior High School (SHS) students who are eligible to vote to go home and partake in the continuous voter registration exercise.

The students have been granted four days off from their schools from Tuesday, May 7, to Friday, May 10, 2024.

According to the GES, the decision aligns with the constitutional right of all Ghanaian citizens to exercise their franchise.

The service directed Regional Directors of Education to relay the development to all schools within their jurisdiction.

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The Electoral Commission released its calendar for 2024 ahead of the general election in December back in March

After the continuous voter registration exercise from May 7 to May 27, 2024, the commission intends to submit the provisional voters’ register to the political parties between July 9 and 18, 2024.

There will also be a nationwide exercise to replace missing voter ID cards starting May 30, 2024.

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YEN.com.gh reported that the Electoral Commission says none of its Biometric Verification Devices have been stolen, despite concerns by some observers.

Dr Bossman Asare, instead, revealed that five of the EC's laptops had been stolen, and the police are working to retrieve them.

He assured that the stolen laptops would not threaten the integrity of the general elections.

Source: YEN.com.gh