COVID-19: Schools that flout safety protocols will be shut down -Dr Ampadu

She said officials will embark on several monitoring activities to ensure strict adherence to safety protocols

COVID-19: Schools that flout safety protocols will be shut down -Dr Ampadu
Dr Hilda Ampadu

Educational Institutions found disregarding COVID-19 protocols following the reopening of schools, will be shut down, the Inspector-General of the National Schools Inspectorate Authority, Dr Haggar Hilda Ampadu has said.

She said her outfit will embark on several monitoring and evaluation exercises across the country to ensure that all the safety protocols are complied with.

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“If you are a school and you are not going by the protocols and exposing our children unnecessarily we will let you shut down.  

“We have to ensure there is the safety of our learners and that is our key goal. So if we come to the school and we inspect the protocols and we find out that your handwashing system does not exist, your sanitiser system does not exist, social distancing system does not exist then you have no business in running a school at this point,” she stated emphatically as quoted by JoyNews.

Dr Ampadu added that the sanction directed at both private schools and public schools.

Her comment follows the resumption of schools on Monday, January 18, 2020, amid the surge in new wave of COVID-19 infections.

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