GES changes reopening date for Single-Track Senior High Schools

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has rescheduled the reopening date for single-track senior high schools (SHSs) from March 29, 2025, to April 23, 2025.

This update was communicated in a circular dated March 27, 2025, addressed to all regional directors of education.

Signed by Prince C. Agyeman-Duah, Director of the Schools and Instructions Division, on behalf of the Acting Director-General of GES, the letter instructed regional directors to disseminate the information to all relevant stakeholders.

“By this letter, regional directors of education are requested to communicate this information to all heads of single-track senior high and senior high technical schools to inform parents, guardians, and students to take note of the new date and prepare accordingly,” the statement read.

Students were originally scheduled to resume on March 29, 2025, following their vacation on March 4. However, due to the Eid-Ul-Fitr public holidays on March 30 and 31, the reopening was initially pushed to April 1, 2025. Further considerations led to the extension to April 23, 2025.

According to a statement from the Ministry of the Interior, Eid-Ul-Fitr falls on Sunday, March 30, 2025. Consequently, the President, through an Executive Instrument (E.I.), has declared Monday, March 31, 2025, and Tuesday, April 1, 2025, as additional public holidays.

“However, in view of the fact that 30th March 2025 falls on a Sunday and in the interest of the public, His Excellency, the President of the Republic of Ghana, has by Executive Instrument (E.I.), in accordance with Section 2 of the Public Holidays and Commemorative Days Act (Act 601), declared Monday, March 31, 2025, and Tuesday, April 1, 2025, as additional public holidays and should be observed as such throughout the country,” the statement added.