EDUCATION

Ashanti Region tertiary institutions undergo phase 11 disinfection

&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Ashanti Region Tertiary Institutions are currently undergoing the 2nd phase of nationwide <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wsj&period;com">disinfection<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">This is sequel to the central government’s continuous measures to halt the spread of the malignant novel coronavirus disease&comma; COVID-19&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">Ministry of Education&comma; MoE&comma; Ghana Education System&comma; GES<&sol;a>&comma; &nbsp&semi;and waste management expert&comma; Zoomlion Ghana are in partnership with the execution&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading"><strong>DURATION<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The government has earnmarked the three-day excercise to end August 23&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"> <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The disinfection exercise covers both public and private universities&comma; polytechnic universities and health facilities in the region&period;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo<&sol;a>&comma; had&comma; &nbsp&semi;in his 15th national address on measures &nbsp&semi;taken against the spread of <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;dailymail&period;co&period;uk">COVID-19 <&sol;a>for tertiary institutions&comma; instructed disinfection of all tertiary institutions in the country with a view of &nbsp&semi;reopening &nbsp&semi;on August 24&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">This &comma; according to the President&comma; is to allow continuing students complete their academic calendar&period;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">On day one of the exercise in the Ashanti Region&comma; Zoomlion disinfected Seventh Day Adventist College of Education &lpar;SDACOE&rpar;&comma; Agona&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">ST&period; Monica&&num;8217&semi;s College of Educatio<&sol;a>n&comma; Mampong and<a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;dailymail&period;co&period;uk"> Mampong Technical College of Education<&sol;a> among others&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading"><strong>DISINFECTED FACILITIES<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Facilities of these institutions that underwent disinfection were halls of residences&comma; lecture halls&comma; various faculties&comma; administration blocks and offices&period;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Also&comma; the Zoomlion disinfection crew used foggers to disinfect the open spaces and other surfaces in all of these institutions&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Speaking to the media after the exercise&comma; the Principal of Seventh Day Adventist College&comma; Dr Peter Ofori Atakorah&comma; underscored the importance of the exercise&comma; adding that &OpenCurlyQuote;so far his college had not recorded any positive case of the virus&period;’<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;08&sol;Ashanti-University-1&period;&period;&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-4733"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">He praised the government and its partners for the second round of disinfection in tertiary institutions&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading"><strong>EXPECTATIONS<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">According to him&comma; the exercise will help keep the school’s environment safe from the virus&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">In addition&comma; Atakorah said the school had put in place adequate safety measures to protect returning students against pandemic&period; <strong>Veronica buckets<&sol;strong> and alcohol-based hand sanitisers are at vantage points for students&&num;8217&semi; use&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Furthermore&comma; he stated that &&num;8220&semi;The school will enforce students&comma; teaching and non teaching staff members&&num;8217&semi; use of nose masks&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Schools&comma; by mid-June&comma; had been directed to be re-opened for final year students writing their exit examinations&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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