Ghana Muslim Students’ Association (GMSA) has served a notice to the Ghana Education Service over the resumption date of Senior High Schools.

In Statement signed by Alhassan Iddrisu Abdulai, GMSA made it clear that the current resumption date for senior high schools will not be feasible for some students.
According to GMSA, all Muslims are in their Ramadan period(season of fasting). As a result, Muslim students will find it difficult to be in school on 17th April, 2033. GMSA is therefore urging the Ghana Education Service to reschedule the date from 17th April, 2023 to Monday, 24th April, 2023.

“It will be recalled that students went on break on the 6th of April, 2023 and are expected per schedule to return on the 17h of April, 2023. Knowing this year’s Eid-ul fitr celebration will come only 3 or 4 days after the resumption, we petition that the reopening date be postponed to Monday, 24th April, 2023 by management of the GES acting in consonance with relevant parties as the circumstances may demand. Considering the fact that Eid is an important religious ritual, we believe this will offer Muslim students the opportunity to observe it with their families and reduce the tendency of truancy among students during this sácred period of Ramadan and ftr. We are counting highly on your usual cooperation. Thank you“

All SHS Final year students have officially begun the second semester of the 2023 academic calendar today, Monday, 17th April, 2023.

According to the 2023 academic calendar for single track Senior High Schools, Form Three students, who commenced the 2023 academic calendar on January 10, 2023 and went on break on April 05, 2023 and resumed today resume on April 17, 2023 are expected to be in school till 1st June, 2023.

The Form Twos and form ones have also resumed and will be in school till 25th August, 2033.

WHAT ABOUT DOUBLE TRACK SCHOOLS

Double Track Schools run a different academic calendar as compared to those in the single track schools. According to the 2023 academic calendar, form three students in double track, will also resume today, 17th April, 2023.

For Those in Form two in the same category, students resumed a week ago and are currently in school. Form One students in double track schools are currently on break and are expected to resume on 9th June, 2023.