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126 Schools Have Collapsed Due To Covid-19 – GNACOPS
The Ghana National Association of Private Schools (GNACOPS) has disclosed that about a 126 schools have stopped functioning ever since schools were closed down due to the rising cases of Covid-19 in the country.
According to the Executive Secretary of GNACOPS, Enoch Kwasi Gyetuah, sixteen of the affected schools are in the Greater Accra Region, 13 in Northern, 11 in the Ashanti Region and 10 each in the Eastern, Upper West and Bono East regions.
He explained that “they were teaching on loan facilities and some of the banks have decided to take over as a result of their indebtedness to them. They are using the school facilities to pay off the debt.”
Due to the pandemic schools were unable to raise monies to sustain teachers and other staff not to talk of servicing their loans.
In his assessment, there is the need for government to intervene in order to stop the collapse of more schools before the January 15, reopening date. He has therefore called for a consultation engagement between government and the council to address the situation.
“There should be immediate consultations with the private schools so that we can find out a better position to situate this since it has adverse effect on government’s infrastructure.”