Angry Students in Ndewura Jakpa SHT Vandalize School Properties over Social Distancing in Exams Hall

Students of Ndewura Jakpa Senior High Technical in Damongo in the West Gonja Municipality have reportedly vandalised school’s properties in protest against the 1.5-meter social distancing sitting in the examination hall.

Per an article by ‘Joyonline’, the students expressed their displeasure at the newly implemented rule by first destroying the lightening system and plunged the whole school into darkness.

They went ahead to remove parts of the ceiling of a new six-unit classroom block that was handed over to the school to end double track.

The louvre blades of the school administration were also destroyed.

The rioting students however managed to escape moment after they saw vehicles approaching the school.

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The Chairman of the West Gonja Municipal Security Council, Saeed Muhazu Jibreal and the Savannah Regional Minister, Salifu Adam Braimah who rushed to the school, have expressed their disappointment at the development.

The theoretical aspect of this year’s West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) commenced on August 3, 2020, for Ghanaian Senior High School (SHS) finalists.

The project work for Visual Arts students however, had already begun two weeks earlier, on July 20.

Some 375,737 candidates are expected to be taking the exams in over 796 examination centres across the country.

The examination is projected to end on September 5