Africa Education Watch has called on the Ghana Education Service (GES) council to intervene to ensure that the service publishes the double-track academic calendar for the second semester within two weeks to help stakeholders prepare for it.
“We call on the GES Council to exercise its oversight responsibility over the Director-General and ensure there is proper planning and forecasting, leading to a definitive time table for the Double Track SHS academic calendar. It shall be appreciated if the GES publishes within the next two weeks, a definitive time table for the remainder of the academic year to enable adequate preparation by stakeholders”.
According to a statement signed by the Executive Director of Africa Education Watch, Kofi Asare, the unavailability of the calendar has left teachers stranded as they do not know what to expect to make plans for it.
“…the frequent practice makes it difficult for headteachers, students, teachers and parents to plan ahead to cater for their responsibilities. The existence of a definitive academic calendar is a basic prerequisite for any efficient education system. Parents especially must be certain about the academic year’s calendar at the beginning of the academic year to enable them to plan adequately to prepare their children for school or to receive and cater for their children on vacation”.
The statement further stated that, when the time table is finally out, parents would equally plan adequately to prepare their children for school at the opportune time without being left out because they are not being abreast of what’s going on.
The group is also calling for a clearly defined roadmap that will lead to a definitive time table for the Double Track SHS academic calendar.
Below are the full details of the statement