Final-year students report to get ready for BECE

A number of final-year  students have reported to school in preparation towards this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) after schools were closed down in March due to the COVID 19 pandemic.

The students, who wore face masks to protect themselves against the virus, were seen chatting happily among themselves while observing social distancing.

While some schools provided their students with face masks others bought it themselves.

Most of the schools  the Junior Graphic visited had Veronica baskets, soaps, hand sanitisers and tissue  papers and students washed their hands thoroughly with soap under running water before entering their classrooms.

The class sizes were smaller in the schools as a result of maintaining social distancing.

At the Kwashieman Anglican Two J.H.S, Mavis Asabil, 15, JHS Three, said previously, they were 65 in class but  their teachers had divided the students into two groups, due to social distancing.

Mavis said ever since the outbreak of the disease, she had kept about a metre away from her mates in school.

“ I avoid handshakes and hugs from my mates. I come to school with  public transport, and I put on my face mask every time I sit in a vehicle or even when I am walking around in school,” she added.

She said she used her hand sanitiser before, during and after she got down from a vehicle or when she exchanged money with the bus conductor.
 

Bernice Hanson, 15, Kwashieman One Basic School, said her teachers had divided the students  into two groups in a class. 
 

“My mates and I have been given two face masks each and a bottle of hand sanitiser by my school. I wash my hands with soap under running water and I make sure to use my hand sanitiser every 10 minutes,” she added.

At TED- Academy Dansoman, Miriam Adu Gymfi, 15,  said her school had been fumigated and they had been reduced to 14 students in class.

She said she used public transport to school and wore her face mask  while using  the hand sanitisers provided by her  school as a way to protect herself.
Isaac Kwablah, 17, a student of Dansoman Six Basic School  said his school had not provided him with any hand sanitiser or face mask.

“I use my hand sanitiser and face mask every time I sit in a public transport or walk around in school”, he added.
He said there used to be 72 students in class but to ensure  social distancing, the 30 students who reported to school on the first day were  grouped into three classes.