The Ghana Education Service (GES) has reiterated that the reporting date for SHS 1 students is 4th December 2023, as indicated on the Placement form.
This statement comes after Parliament suggested that the Minister of Education should consider changing the reopening date to the first week of January instead of Monday, December 4.
According to a statement by the Parliamentary Service, the House proposed that due to the short notice and its inconveniences to the SHS 1 students, parents, and teaching and non-teaching staff, it is more appropriate to have the reopening in the first week of January 2024, to give everyone enough time to prepare for academic work.
However, the Ghana Education Service in a statement dated Saturday, December 2, noted that “It is the expectation of management that schools begin registration and orientation of students from the 4th of December 2023.”
The GES added that per the academic calendar, there would be a Christmas break on the 21st of December 2023 and resume on the 3rd of January to continue academic work till March 5th 2024.
“Management urges all students yet to do their Self-placement to do so as quickly as practicable.
“We appreciate all stakeholders for collaborating and supporting the CSSPS process to this point. We continue to ask for your patience to ensure the academic calendar for SHS is implemented without hitches to get back to the pre-COVID academic calendar.”
