Government has ordered all final year public health students to stay home, despite an earlier directive that they are exempted from the Covid 19 ban along with JHS final year students.
In a letter signed by Dr. Martha Gyansa-Ludderodt, Technical Coordination Director of the Ministry of Health addressed to all Principals and Directors of Public Heath Training institutions, sighted by Ghanawish.com has it tha, the government ordered that the final years should be allowed to go home too.
President Akufo-Addo announced that all public gatherings, including conferences, workshops, funerals, festivals, political rallies, sporting events and religious activities, such as services in churches and mosques, have been suspended for the next four (4) weeks. Also, all Universities, Senior High Schools, and basic schools, i.e. public and private schools, were ordered close till further notice. BECE and WASSCE candidates were to be allowed to attend school to prepare for their examinations, but with prescribed social distancing protocols.
The Government of Ghana’s Travel Advisory issued earlier today should be observed as announced. In a related measure, the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) is also pushing for government to order all final year students in junior high and senior high schools and their teachers to go home.
As Ghana steps up measures to prevent the spread of the six confirmed deadly novel coronavirus cases, all universities, senior high schools and basic schools have since Monday, March 16 been shut down.
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