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The Chairman of Vice-Chancellors Ghana (VCG), Professor John Owusu Gyapong has revealed that active Covid-19 cases recorded in some of Ghana’s universities are being managed as per the mandated protocols.
According to reports, approximately 13 tertiary institutions out of the 15 in the country have recorded active Covid-19 cases since schools reopened in January 2021.
Speaking on The Probe on JoyNews he stated that the universities are managing their cases per the stipulated preventive protocols to curb the spread and ensure the safety of students.
“At least here in the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS) 8 or 9 students have tested positive and about 10 or so faculty and staff have also tested positive. They have all been managed, many have recovered without any incident,” he told Emefa Apawu.
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After reports went out that some students in some schools have tested positive for Covid-19, many people have become concerned about the safety of their children amid the pandemic.
Thus, today on The Probe, panelists will be discussing how schools can protect their students from contracting the coronavirus.
Joining the host Emefa Apawu is Executive Director/ Inspector General of Schools under the National Schools Inspectorate Authority (NaSIA), Dr Hilda Ampadu and President of the Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools, Alhaji Yacoub A. B. Abubakar.
Also on the panel is Chairman of Vice-Chancellors Ghana, Professor John Owusu Gyapong of the University of Health and Allied Sciences, and President of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), Philippa Larsen.
The Ghana Association of University Administrators (GAUA) has called on Parliament to discontinue the passage of the Public Universities Bill.
According to a press release issued by (GAUA), the Association bemoaned events surrounding the bill.
“The Ghana Association of University Administrators (GAUA) is very disturbed about the recent rhetorics and public discourse on the Public Universities Bill from the Minister of Education and some members of Parliament and the subsequent media reportage on the issue.
GAUA has been part of the stakeholders who submitted memoranda and eventually met the Parliamentary Select Committee on Education on the Bill. However, if the recent rhetorics and the document we have sighted as having been laid before Parliament for consideration is anything to go by, then it will not be wrong on our part to conclude that the position of GAUA on the draft Bill has not been considered as any useful input.
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Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has been commended for acting swiftly to quell the seeming tension in the academic circles over the Public Universities Bill (PUB).
A United States-based Ghanaian Professor Kweku Asare said the intervention was timely. He however, said the suspension is not enough but what is needed is total cancellation.
“I commend Vice-President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia for his timely intervention to stop this needless desire for presidential control of the universities.
“His intervention is not too surprising since he himself is an academic and was a professor in the US (Go Bears) for many years. If government wants to fix higher education, it should look no further than the School of Law and its out of control, unaccountable regulator.