EVANS DUNYOH WRITES.

This is my humble analysis and projection of what will be happening in the Education sector moving forward.


First of all, we know that the current gold track students in form two in Senior High Schools did only two months out of the four months required to complete the first semester.


 They should have continued in January 2020 to complete the semester but this was truncated in order to enable the current form threes have an intervention class leading to their WASSCE.


 The fact is that as we speak, the second year gold students still have six months left to complete the second semester, and for that matter, the academic year.


 We know that the ban on social gatherings may be lifted only after May 31, 2020.


Even if school resumes on June 1, 2020, it will take up to the end of November 2020 for the second year gold students to complete the academic year.


 However, we know that the 2020/2021 academic year will begin at the early part of September 2020.


So it implies that the current academic year cannot be completed before the next one begins.


 By extension, the form two students will be repeating form two next academic year.


If this happens, all classes below them must also be repeated, including the basic schools.


Also, should the ban on social gatherings be lifted after May 31, 2020, the earliest that WASSCE for school candidates can start is possibly June 15, 2020.


This means that the exam will end around August 25, 2020.


Also, it means marking and recording of the said exam will end around the end of October 2020.


So students who will be going to the universities can go from November 2020 onwards.


 This is also hardly likely to be possible, since the academic year usually starts around August /September.


 By extension, the current form threes too are less likely to write their WASSCE and progress to the tertiary institutions this year.


 This implies that the current form threes will also be repeating form three next academic year.


 Which also means that the universities will also not have first years come next academic year, even if their continuing students are able to complete the academic year and move on.


So my conclusion is that all students in Ghana, especially the pre tertiary students, will be repeating their current classes next academic year.


 Thank you.


Authored by Mr Evans Dunyoh.