The Zoom Lion Ghana Limited, Ministry of Education and Ghana Education Service have embarked on the phase three (3) of the disinfection exercise in all the various Senior High Schools across the 33 Municipal and District Assemblies in the Eastern Region ahead of JHS 2 and SHS 2 re-opening of Schools.
Kingdom News in an interview with the Communication Officer for Zoom Lion Ghana Ltd, Mr. Jephthah Tetteh indicated that, H. E. Prez Akufo-Addo have paved way for the form 2 students both the Green and Gold Track to get back to school to complete their previous lessons and write their end of term examination.
“The school is expected to resume on October 5, 2020. That’s why we have been invited by Prez Nana Addo to disinfect all the Senior High Schools in the region before the children will report to school” he explained.
Mr. Jephthah Tetteh adds, basically this disinfection exercise is for the covid and other infections. “We are to disinfect both the JHS and SHS. But as at now our main focus is on the SHS because we want to do it well to prevent any unforeseen tragedies in the country” he said.
“Parents should have faith that their wards who are to return to school would be safe and nothing will happen to them” he assures.
Mr. Jephthah Tetteh revealed that, they are going to disinfect over 140 Senior High Schools in the region and for the basic schools is uncountable.
The Assistant Headmaster of Ghana Senior High School (GHANSS) in charge of academics, Mr. Fredrick Owusu stated, we all know the measures Prez Akufo-Addo has put in place to safeguard the lives of our school children as they are returning to school. Through this measures, Prez Nana Addo said, all the Senior High Schools in Ghana should be fumigated so that when school resume on October 5, 2020 the students can return to campus peacefully.
He added, they are expecting around 1,500 students to report to school. “We are well prepared waiting for the students to come to school for us to teach them. We have some of the PPEs to protect the wellbeing of the students when they come”
The Headmaster of the Koforidua Secondary Technical School (SECTEC), Mr. Ofori Antwi also stressed that, the disinfection will help them in so many ways. The gov’t have vision, that’s why he has asked the Zoom Lion Ghana Ltd to come and fumigate the school. In two weeks time the children will come to school and before that, the strength of the chemicals will go down and it won’t give them any problems.
Sometime ago the bedbugs were disturbing the students but we were able to get solution for that and now we are bedbugs free School in the region. “We are expecting over 1,300 both the Green and Gold Track students to report on campus on October 5, 2020”
By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.
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