GOVERNMENT ADVISED TO REVERT BACK TO TRIMESTER SYSTEM IN SHS
By Michael Kofi Kenetey Assistant Secretary, CHASS, Mr. Primus Baro The Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools, CHASS has called on government to revert back to the traditional trimester system in the 2023 academic year, since the current semester system puts a lot of stress on school facilities and infrastructure as well as staff and students. In a Communique released by CHASS on the 14th of October 2022 during the dinner night to mark the closing ceremony of the 60th Anniversary Celebration and Annual Conference in Koforidua, the Eastern Regional capital, the Assistant Secretary of CHASS, Primus Baro noted that government should consider the issue of cost sharing theory. This, Mr. Baro noted that it has become abundantly clear that government alone cannot totally foot the cost of education and therefore must offset some of the cost to parents and guardians. Mr. Baro reiterated their request to the Ministry of Education and Ghana Education Service to always...