Education Ministry Inaugurates 10-Member Committee to Administer Reopening of Schools
Jonas Danquah 
Ghana’s Ministry of Education has inaugurated a 10-member committee to preside over the reopening of schools in the pre-tertiary sector.
The committee are to delibrate and advice on modalities for the reopning of schools.
This followed President Akufo-Addo’s address to the nation on Sunday August 16, 2020 which disclosed government’s intention to consider the reopening of schools after the shutdown in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic breakout.
A press statement signed by the sector Minister’s press secretary, Rodney Nkrumah-Boateng, indicated that the committee, which was formed on Thursday, 19 August 2020, will be made up of representatives from the Ministry of Education, the Ghana Education Service (GES), United Nation International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), private school sector and parents.
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The committee chairman is Prof Dominic Fobih, a former Minister of Education.
He is currently the chairman of the GETFund Board of Trustees.
The Committee, the statement said, was expected to report to the sector Minister, Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh on Monday September 21, 2020 on its recommendations.
Read below the full statement
