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Govt undertakes disinfection exercise of 112 basic schools in Savannah Region
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The disinfecting of basic schools in the Savannah Region would help assuage fears in both the pupils and the teachers in the region as a result of the coronavirus disease.
The Deputy Director, Supervision of Education, West-Gonja District in the Savannah Region, Katribi Dramani, made the observation during the disinfection of Yipala Junior High School (JHS) in the West-Gonja District.
With the disinfection exercise in the Savannah Region underway, both the final-year JHS pupils and teachers would be motivated and have confidence to report to school on June 29, to prepare for this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examinations (BECE), he said.
In this regard, he commended Zoomlion Ghana Limited for partnering the central government to have all basic schools in the country disinfected.
According to Mr Dramani, many of the teachers and pupils became even more excited when they got wind of the news that Zoomlion was coming to disinfect basic schools in the region.
Zoomlion, he indicated, started the exercise on June 18, adding that they have been able to disinfect about 74 basic schools out of 112 in the district.
He also said that the ministry of education was putting in place measures to help protect the final-year JHS pupils against the COVID-19 disease.
Consequently, he cautioned the final-year pupils to adhere strictly to the President’s directives on the COVID-19 pandemic.
In the view of Mr Dramani, the e-learning approach adopted by many of the schools in the region did not have much impact.
He attributed this to the fact that many of the pupils and their parents did not have the necessary tools to support e-learning.
He, thus, advised the pupils to fully cooperate with their teachers throughout the period they will be studying to write their final year examinations.
Meanwhile, heads of basic schools in the region were happy with the disinfection exercise in their schools.
According to them, the exercise was critical because it would not only keep their schools’ spaces and facilities safe, but equally protect their final-year JHS pupils to prepare and write their exit examinations, safe from the virus.
The headmaster of Larabanga JHS B, Mr Saaka Dauda Laward, could not hide his joy, and thus praised the government and Zoomlion for the exercise.
“I am very excited to see the government engage Zoomlion to disinfect my school,” he expressed.
He used the opportunity to appeal to philanthropists and corporate institutions in the region to support his school with Veronica buckets, nose masks and alcohol-based hand sanitisers.
Source: Ghanaian Times
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Ghana’s President, who on 23rd September 2026 declared Ghana is open for business in New York after ringing the ceremonial closing bell at the Nasdaq Stock Market will be leading the Ghanaian delegation, to include the Minister for Trade, Agribusiness, and Industry, Elizabeth Ofosu – Adjare, to the forum.
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Bringing together leaders in politics, business and policy from across the continent, the Alamein Africa Forum will provide a unique opportunity to shape Africa’s growth agenda by aligning policy and investment priorities, mobilising partnerships for implementation and strengthening financing and investment pathways.
The private sector must become an integral part of Agenda 2063, the African Union’s strategic fifty-year masterplan to transform the continent. The private sector is the core economic engine required to turn the African 2063 from an aspirational government roadmap into realized infrastructure, jobs, and value-added trade.
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According to the Minister, the 16,000 square metre facility will be equipped with modern medical infrastructure to provide emergency and trauma care.
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