Although GES orders other year groups to observe Easter, SHS 1's vacation lasts until June 2023.
According to the Ghana Education Service (GES), all senior high and technical institutions will be closed starting on April 6 in observance of Easter.
The Service also informed senior high institutions operating under the Transitional Calendar that SHS 1 students will not resume classes until June 2023.
This was mentioned in a memo distributed to all of the nation's school administrators.
Dr. Kwabena Bempah Tandoh, the Deputy Director General of GES, reportedly instructed Regional Directors to make sure that Heads of Second Cycle Schools followed the order.
KNOW MORE ABOUT GHANA EDUCATION SERVICE
The Ghana Education Service (GES) was founded in 1974 by NRCD 247 and then amended by NRCD 252, 357, and SMCD 63 as a component of the Public Service of Ghana. Some former laws have been modified by Acts of Parliament, particularly Act 506 (1994) and Act 778, under Ghana's fourth Republican Constitution (2008). The GES Council, which consists of fifteen members, is in charge of running the GES.
ITS VISION: Ghana Education Service seeks to create an enabling environment in all educational institutions and management positions that will facilitate effective teaching and learning and efficiency in the management for the attainment of the goals of the Service.
ITS MISSION: To ensure that all Ghanaian children of school-going age are provided with inclusive and equitable quality formal education and training through effective and efficient management of resources to make education delivery relevant to the manpower needs of the nation.
MANDATE OF GES: GES is responsible for the implementation of approved national pre-tertiary educational policies and programs to ensure that all Ghanaian children of school-going age irrespective of tribe, gender, disability, religious and political affiliations are provided with inclusive and equitable quality formal education.
THINGS TO NOTE: Under the GES, there are four (4) major programmes, namely:
Management of pre-tertiary education, involving Directorates at Headquarters, in Regions, and in Districts
Kindergarten, Primary, and Junior High Schools make up Basic Education.
Senior high school (SHS) and technical and vocational education training are included in secondary education (TVET)
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