The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) in Accra, has described the reopening of schools as laudable and urged parents to prepare for their children to go back to school.
"In my opinion, the re-opening is in order because schools cannot be closed perpetually", Mr Nicholas Taylor, of the Administration and Organisation Department of GNAT said.
He, however, called on the government to provide the required necessities to make the staying in school safer for the students.
Mr Taylor told the Ghana News Agency in an interview that parents did not have much time to prepare, "so the announcement should have come earlier to allow for time for parents to psych their wards up for the reopening."
"Again, now that basic schools are reopening at full capacity, I don't know how prepared the government is as far as distribution of PPEs to Schools is concerned", he noted.
The GNAT official called on school authorities to ensure social distancing arrangements and a constant supply of water.
"We as teachers are prepared and willing to go back to school to continue our work. All we demand of the government is to really put in place the needed measure to avoid putting the lives of Students and Teachers in danger."
Meanwhile, some parents the GNA spoke with were happy with the decision of the government but lamented on cost involved in getting the children back to school at the short notice.
"I ask my children to try on their uniforms this morning and to my surprise, I really have to buy new uniforms for all three children", one parent said.
Source: GNA
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The Ghana Police has released its DOGs, the MTTD onto the streets this morning to start the year with their usual extortions from motorist. Ministries Police MTTD is currntly starting extortions just by the Tema station junction. These guys are serious thi.eves especially the women amongst them. Public beware and put on your secret recording cameras on when they stop you. They are part of the reasons the NPP lost votes and am suprised somone is not paying attenion to their activities on the road. All they do is to ask for money and extort but this year, Any MTTD officer that Extorts shall die a miserable death by ***barred word*** motor accident with the stolen monies in their pockets. If the buy Food with such monies, they shall get chocked by the food. if they buy land, Land guards shall deal with them. If they build, the building shall collapse on them on the day they move in. Peace be unto all the honest Police officers, May you do well aboundantly than your opposite colleagues who are thi.e.ves.