Parliamentary Select Committee never received any briefing on COVID-19 - Dr Apaak

Ranking Member of the Parliament Select Committee on Education, Dr. Clement Apaak has disclosed that, the committee has since the COVID-19 outbreak in Ghana never received any briefing on the pandemic.

Dr Clement said, despite being a relevant stakeholder, the Select Committee on Education has been side-lined by the government from COVID-19 related decision making, more so, ones taken in regards to education.

He revealed this, speaking on Okay FM’s 'Ade Akye Abia' Morning Show

“I am a member of the Parliament Select Committee on Education and honestly since the outbreak of COVID-19, we have not received any briefing on it as a Committee,” he disclosed.

“Nobody has said anything to us and nobody has asked for our views as a Committee but then I also believe we are stakeholders. We are also a stakeholder and after all, we have oversight responsibility on any and everything to do with education in this country and so ideally, we should not be hearing about decisions being made regarding education in the public domain,” he complained.

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Dr. Clement Apaak, MP for Builsa South, insisted that the government should have fed the Parliamentary Select Committee on Education with information.

“...they don’t regard us a relevant stakeholder in education and as I have said, since the outbreak of the COVID-19, I am yet to hear any briefing or receive any document or get any report as a member of the Select Committee on Education," he maintained.

Meanwhile, the government has directed second-year Junior High School and Senior High School students to return to school on October 5, 2020.

The President said the students, will be in school for 10 weeks, prior to their end of term exams.