The four teacher unions in Ghana have said that any plan of re - opening of schools in the country should begin with only final -year junior and senior high schools students .
That , they said were because those were candidates preparing for the BECE and WASSCE and were currently going through emotional trauma since they were not sure of what was going to happen to them because of the closure of schools due to covid 19 .
The unions comprised the GNAT , TEWU , NAGRAT ,CCT .
PROTOCOL
"Because of the social distancing and other protocols and the congestion so in the various schools , we are saying that even if government lifts the ban on restrictions we would want to start with the candidates.
' This means that only form three students in JHS and SHS would go to school and in doing that too we are saying no classroom should have more than 20 students " They said on the 19 -point proposal's presented to the president last Wednesday .
The president of the GNAT ,Ms Phillippa Larsen made this known in an interaction with journalists on the sidelines of the association 's lunch Education in Accra Thursday ,reports Graphic onlines Emmanuel Bonney .
According to her, the unions had called for the disinfection of all schools ,whether public ,private ,basic or second cycle to keep the school environment safe for children and teaching and non teaching staff .
DEMANDS :
Mrs Larsen said the unions were demanding that all teachers and school children be provided with nose masks as part of measure to contain the spread of the Covid 19 in schools .
She said the unions was asking the government to ensure that every school had running water and sanitation facilities including soap , tissue , and sanitisers in the schools .
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