A total of 126 private schools have collapsed due to financial challenges arising from the closure of schools in the country as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ghana National Council of Private Schools (GNCOPS) has said.
They had a total of about 37,800 students and pupils with 2,394 staff. Sixteen of the 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.
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The Executive Secretary of the GNACOPS, Mr Enoch Kwasi Gyetuah, who made this known to the Daily Graphic, gave the remainder of schools as eight in the Central Region, eight in North East Region, seven each in Western and Savanna regions, six in the Volta Region, five in the Western North Region, four each in the Ahafo, Bono and Upper East regions as well as three in the Oti Region.
Ghana-Press-Review January 06, 2021 to 10:21 456 APA - Accra (Ghana) The collapse of 126 private schools due to the financial challenges arising from the closure of schools in the country as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and the pronouncement by President Akufo-Addo that the 7th Parliament was arguably the most productive in the history of Ghana are some of the leading stories in the Ghanaian press on Wednesday.
The Graphic reports that a total of 126 private schools have collapsed due to financial challenges arising from the closure of schools in the country as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ghana National Council of Private Schools (GNCOPS) has said.