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The academic shift system has been reintroduced in some schools within the Abuakwa North Municipality in the Eastern Region as a remedy to the spread of the COVID-19 among students and staff by the Education Directorate in collaboration with the Municipal Assembly.
The initiative, which has affected at least six basic schools within the municipality, was designed to create room for social distancing observation in the classroom due to overpopulation.
Schools such as the Osiem Saviour Basic School A and B , OPASS MA Basic School, New Tafo Presbyterian Basic School, CRIG MA Primary School and Kukurantumi RC Basic School, have pioneered the two-week shift system. While the first school session commences from 7:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, the second session takes off from 12:30 pm to 5:00 pm.