Government says that reports circulating that it will soon reopen schools across the country are untrue.
Government says it is instead engaged in consultation on when and how to reopen schools.
Speaking at the Information Ministry’s press briefing Thursday, Minister
for Information, Kojo Opong Nkrumah said “with the greatest of respects
it is not correct. Government is not saying that schools are to reopen
soon. What we are saying is that consultation on what it takes to reopen
schools is what we are currently engaged in.
He noted, “if there has been a misspeak, just to put it in its right
context, consultations on what it takes to reopen schools, as part of
the potential easing of the general restrictions that we are living
under, are what have started.”
Mr Nkrumah, however, acknowledged the apprehension of relevant stakeholders, calling for their input in the ongoing engagements.
“We notice that there are a lot of stakeholder group, parents, unions
that appear a bit apprehensive since those reports came out. It’s okay
to be apprehensive, indeed if we are not apprehensive, then we would not
being sensitive to the challenges of the time. It’s okay to be
apprehensive, it is okay to have worries, it is okay to wonder how this
would we be done,” he indicated.
He urged “we must channel this apprehension and worries towards
answering the question, what does it take, what should be the indication
of the good time, what would be the best way to protect, teachers,
non-teachers, students if we are to open up at some point?”
“Government believes that we as a nation we can do may things that we
put our mind to. We invite the nation to engage in this conversation,”
he ended.
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