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President Nana Akufo-Addo has said that tertiary schools will reopen next year, January 2021.
He made this known in his 18th national address on COVID-19 yesterday saying “SHS 2 and JHS 2 students are back in school, as are some students in tertiary institutions and colleges. Indeed, the academic year for new and continuing University students will commence from January 2021.
Schools have been closed since March due to government’s measures to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.
However private universities sent a message to government to open schools else they collapsed because they depend on school fees to survive.
The Vice Chairman of the Association of Private Universities in Ghana in a statement said they are greatly affected by the pandemic hence government have to come to their aid.
“Private universities largely depend on students fees to survive and most of these institutions I can say; over 90 percent of them are really struggling. Most of us are actually on the brink of collapse. Valley View University for example employs over 800 workers which means that we support over 800 families. Should we continue not to reopen, I don’t know what to tell my workers. If I want them to go home, they will blame me and someone else. So we are actually on our knees,”
Source: Ghana Waves