The Wenchi Municipal Chief Executive Dr Prince Kwakye Afriyie together with the municipal Coordinating Director Mr Edward Abazin has distributed school uniforms to schools in the Wenchi municipality on behalf of the government through the Ministry of Education.

According to Hon MCE, the need to clothe pupils to increase school enrollment is key, but the intervention’s contribution to enhance the confidence of pupils and make them look decent and presentable must not be neglected. He said “this move is to ensure that poverty does not prevent any child from accessing at least basic educa­tion in the country,” .

He continue to say that, academic per­formance of some pupils had been affected by their parents’ inability to acquire school uniforms for them, adding that the social interven­tion programme would lead to the distribution of more uniforms for school children.

Mr Joseph Yaw Mensah deputy administrator and finance received the uniforms on behalf of the headmasters and headmistresses, he shown appreciation to the Government, Ministry of Education and the Hon MCE.

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Hon. Salamatu Adams a Teacher and also a communication team member of the Ndc in the Wenchi constituency who doubles as an assembly member for Boadan electoral area Wenchi has called on the Govt, Ministry of Health, the Ghana Education Service and the Ministry of Education to give the Teachers COVID-19 financial incentives.

She added that teachers are at the heart of the children and young people educational experiences. Teachers play multiple roles in their pupils” lives by supporting their learning, Health and providing them with inclusive and safe environments to grow and develop, and helping them become more confident as they make their way in the world. The Govt must recognize the inspiring and transformative role that teachers are playing in this pandemic.

Despite the additional challenges posed by COVID-19 Pandemic, teachers’ unwavering commitment has vowed to take care of their pupils thus the Govt should respect, prioritize, support teachers well-being, listen to teachers’ experiences and opinions and give them COVID-19 financial incentives.

In a nationwide broadcast on 5 April 2020, Ghana’s President addressed the nation on the progress made in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and the incentives the Government proposed for frontline health workers as well as for the general public.

In the 5 April address, Ghana’s President announced the following incentives for the frontline health workers, namely:

Exemption from the payment of tax on their employment emoluments for a three-month period commencing from April 2020.

A daily allowance of GH¢150 (approx. US$26) payable to those undertaking contact tracing.

Additional allowance of 50% of their basic salary per month for a four-month period commencing from March 2020.

Insurance package, with an assured sum of GH¢350,000 (approx. US$60,345).

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The Ghana National Council of Private Schools (GNACOPS) has lamented the closure of some private schools in the country.null

This follows some institutions and banks collapsing a total of two hundred and twenty-two (222) private schools on January 14, 2021, due to the schools’ inability to settle financial debts in the institutions.

According to the Head of Human Resources of GNACOPS, Prince Kwaku Entsie, the collapse of private schools will increase the number of unemployed teachers in the country.

“And as schools have closed down, teachers will continue to lose their jobs, Parents will have the pressure to look for schools nearby or in other regions for their Children. The pressure is going to be on the few government facilities. So I foresee that the rate of unemployment is going to be high,” he said.

Mr. Prince Kwaku Entsie further urged the government and other stakeholders to help and collaborate with bankrupt private schools in the country.

“Government needs to talk to these agencies such as SNNIT, GRA, and other bodies that are always on us. Especially the NIB, this is the time we expect that the NIB should come to the aid of the private schools and even talk about our behave. But the NIB didn’t do that. You are supposed to regulate the private schools and the public schools as well. During this crisis, we never saw or heard a memo from the NIB appealing to the government that, they should come to the aid of the private schools because we contribute also contribute a lot to education. But this is the case we are pleading with them that they should exercise patience and also collaborate well with private schools,” he said.null

The Ghana National Council of Private schools (GNACOPS) earlier indicated that a total of 126 private schools have since March 2020 collapsed due COVID-19 outbreak.

The pandemic among other things left many of the schools in a state of financial difficulties, making it hard for many of them to operate a nationwide resumption of school activities.

The Greater Accra Region topped the list with 16 collapsed schools, followed by the Northern Region with 13, Ashanti Region with 11, Eastern Region with 10 and Upper West and, Bono East region with 10 schools closed.

Source: Ghanaweb