The Ghana Education Service (GES) has released a harmonised prospectus for senior high and technical schools in the country.
Known as the “National Prospectus”, it is designed for all prospective first-year students and spells out the uniformed requirements for all fresh students.
Consequently, all schools are expected to adhere to the national prospectus without imposing any extra items apart from those that have been officially prescribed.
This initiative aims to alleviate the financial strain on parents, enabling them to prepare in advance for their children’s needs without having to wait for the Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) to be implemented.
The national prospectus is in three categories, with each sub-divided into basic needs and cleaning materials to make it easier for parents.
Category 'A' covers 27 basic items such as hard body suitcase or trunk, chop box or hard plastic container, toiletries, beddings, a pair of footwear (school specific), underwear, cutlery, and other educational materials such as mathematical set and scientific calculator, among others.
For Category B, which is cleaning materials, the GES has listed three different groups. Students who would be categorised under group one, would be required to take along a pair of hand gloves (hard), liquid soap (5 litres) and one kilogramme of washing powder.
Students categorised under group two would be required to buy one bleach (small size), one dustpan, one long handle broom and one scrubbing brush, while those under group three would be required to buy one standing mop and mop bucket, one duster and one short local broom.
