GES justifies December 4 1st-year SHS students reporting date
The management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) citing the 2023/2024 academic calendar says first-year second-cycle school students from December 4, 2023, are to report to their various schools for registration and orientation.
Reacting to calls to postpone the December 4, 2023 reporting date it said students after reporting on Monday would be on a Christmas break on December 21, 2023, and resume on the 3rd of January 3 2024 to continue academic work till March 5, 2024.
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“Management urges all students yet to do their self-placement to do so as quickly as practicable. We appreciate all stakeholders for collaborating and supporting the Computerized School Selection and Placement System process to this point.
We continue to ask for your patience to ensure the academic calendar for SHS is implemented without hitches in order to get back to the pre-COVID academic calendar,” the Education Service said in a statement sighted by AcademicWeek.
Meanwhile, a Ranking Member of Parliament’s Education Committee has said Parliament will impress the Minister for Education to change the Senior High School (SHS) going date for students who sat for the 2023 edition of BECE when he appears before the House on Monday
The Akatsi North Member of Parliament, Peter Nortsu-Kotoe in an interview with JoyNews described as disrespectful the Education Ministry’s decision not to postpone the first-year second cycle school students reporting date from December 4, 2023, despite Parliament’s plea.
The Ranking Member of Parliament’s Education Committee in the interview questioned why the Ministry is in a hurry for first-year students to report to school on December 4 when they have about 108,000 placement issues to be resolved.
The Parliament’s Education Committee member argued that the 2023 Free Senior High School (Free SHS) students must not be overworked while suggesting that the reopening date be shifted to January for the students to rest.
“If you’re saying that you have given a directive and there would be no change, why are you making it so difficult for parents and teachers to prepare for proper academic work?” the Akatsi North Constituency lawmaker quizzed.