GES declares 7th March holiday for public and private schools
The Ghana Education Service (GES) following the celebration of the 66th Independence Day of the Republic of Ghana on 6th March 2023 has declared Tuesday, March 7, 2023, a holiday for public and private schools nationwide.
In a statement copied to AcademicWeek, the management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) said amid the public holiday, all government and private schools in the country should remain closed until Wednesday, March 8, 2023.
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The Service said the Tuesday, March 7, 2023, national holiday is to allow prospective students who participated in the National Independence Day Anniversary parade to rest after the joyous celebration held in the Volta region.
“Schools resume fully on Wednesday, March 8, 2023. All parents and guardians are therefore to take note. Any inconvenience is deeply regretted,” the statement signed by a spokeswoman for GES, Cassandra Twum Ampofo said.
The Volta Region was selected to host this year’s National Independence Day celebration slated for March 6, 2023, at the 5,000-capacity Ho Youth Resource Centre (located at Adaklu Tsrefe).
Independence Day is a national holiday celebrated yearly. This day is an official state holiday for the citizens of Ghana both within and in the diaspora to honour and celebrate the Heroes of Ghana who led the country to attain its independence.
Celebrated on March 6 every year in the country, National Independence Day is also a remembrance of the day that marks the declaration of Ghanaian independence from British colonial rule.
It’s observed on March 6 annually because the first Prime Minister of Ghana, Dr Kwame Nkrumah who became the Head of State from 1957 to 1960 declared on March 6, 1957, that the people of Ghana were free from colonial rule.
“The African People are capable of managing their own affairs and Ghana our beloved country is free forever,” the first president of the Republic of Ghana declared at a gathering on March 6, 1957.
Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah’s freedom declaration made Ghana formally known as the Gold Coast the first country in sub-Saharan Africa to achieve its independence from European colonial rule.
President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo as usual took part in the celebration which will feature air shows, spectacular military drills, cultural displays and a parade by contingents from the various security agencies and selected schools.