All SHS 1 Students In Double Track Schools To Vacate Next Week; Check Out The Reopening Date

All SHS One(1) students in double track schools in Ghana will be going on vacation on Thursday, 10th August, 2023.
Students in this category reported to school on 9th June, 2023 and spent 2 months in school. They will be on break from 11th August, 2023 to 17th September, 2023. They will report back to campus for the last semester of the 2023 academic calendar on 18th September, 2023.

SHS 1 students in Single track schools will not be going on vacation on 10th August, 2023. They are currently in school and are expected to go on vacation in September, 2023. This means, they will be in school till the end of the academic year.

The 2023 academic calendar for both basic schools and SHS has been designed in such a way that this year’s academic year will end on 15th September, 2023. August/September used to be the original date of vacation for basic schools and SHS before the outbreak of Covid-19 in 2020. Following the outbreak of this pandemic, the academic calendar for all schools, including tertiary institutions changed.

The Ghana Education Service is doing everything possible to restore the old academic calendar.

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WHAT ABOUT SHS 3 STUDENTS

SHS 3 candidates are currently  preparing to write their WASSCE. Some Candidates have begun their practicals. Candidates should not put fear in them as the WASSCE is sometimes considered as a just another classroom test.

What candidates needs to do is to study past questions. One secret most candidates doesn’t know about the WASSCE is that, WAEC doesn’t really set new questions. About 90% of all WASSCE questions are all past questions. WAEC usually frame the questions to make it new, but it’s a past question.

Candidates should concentrate on the last five WASSCE past questions; which include; 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019 and 2018.
Avoid Total Dependence On Teachers And Tutors For Exams Preparation.If you think total dependence on your teacher will help you pass your exams, then you are wrong. As a WASSCE candidate, you have to do a lot more on your own.

Constant reading, preparation and looking for additional materials on the subject matter will broaden your mind, understanding and make your answers richer d unique. Do not over depend on your tutor, do more for your self and increase your understanding. Today, almost everything you are learning is available on the internet.