By Kodjo Adams
Accra, Sept. 3, GNA – Some parents of form one Senior High School (SHS) students have expressed deep worry about the Ghana Education Service’s (GES) decision to broadcast virtual vacation classes for their wards on Multi-television instead of Ghana Television (GTV).Â
The majority of the parents said they do not have the Multi-TV decoder for their wards to join the Ministry of Education (MoE) TV channel platform on Multi Tv.
They have therefore suggested that the virtual learning for the form one SHS/SHTS should instead be broadcasted on the GTV free learning channel.
Some of the parents who spoke with the Ghana News Agency in Accra, were not enthused with the initiative from GES and questioned the rationale behind the arrangements without stakeholder engagement.
Mr Peter Adjei, a parent, said: “I wonder why, for such a programme, it is this platform that has been chosen. It is surely going to defeat the purpose as a whole lot of students will be cut off on account of the platform being used.
“Having GBC/GTV as an alternative would have been helpful,” he added.
“We are all living under a tight budget; switching to GTV will best serve the nation,” Madam Serwaa Duah suggested, adding that “as at now I hear the programme is on-going while my daughter is being left behind because I don’t have a Multi TV decoder.”
Madam Gifty Asamoah, another parent, stated, “Unfortunately, most of our children will be disadvantaged and may not be able to join the virtual learning because not all of us have the DSTVs and the Multi TVs.
“Why don’t the GES/MoE use any of the national broadcaster, (GBC), stations/channels for this virtual learning?
“School administrators/Parent Teachers’ Associations’ executives should, as a matter of urgency, petition the Government/GES on our behalves, to switch to the GBC channels instead.”
“I am disappointed in our education system. I will have to advise myself paaaaa,” another parent said.
The GES, in a statement intercepted by the Ghana News Agency on August 29, 2025, to all the Regional Directors of Education, informed them of the virtual learning for senior high school students on channel MoE TV platform that could be access only on Multi Tv.
The statement was signed by Professor Smile Dzisi, the Acting Deputy Director-General, GES, on behalf of Professor Ernest Kofi Davies, the Acting Director-General, GES.
The statement said the management of the GES, with support from the Centre for National Distance Learning and Open Schooling, wished to inform heads of all second-cycle institutions, particularly the double-track schools, that arrangements have been made to engage the form one SHS/SHTS students virtually.
“Having already completed nine weeks in school, it has become necessary to continue academic work for the remaining three weeks of the term through virtual learning,” the statement said.
It continued that lessons would be organised and broadcast to the students on the Channel MOE TV platform available on Multi-TV.
The starting date is from Monday, September 1, to Friday, September 19, 2025, from 1400 hours to 20:00 hours.
The statement said, “All students are encouraged to download the full set of curriculum resources and textbooks from the microsite curriculumresources.edu.gh. Access to the site is completely data-free.”
It urged Regional Education Directors to communicate the arrangement to all Metro/Municipal and District Directors and heads of SHSs for onwards dissemination to parents and teachers.
“Heads of schools should particularly ensure that Parent Teacher Associations are duly informed so they can encourage their wards to prepare adequately and participate fully in the virtual lessons,” the statement said.
The Ghana News Agency has reached out to the Ministry of Education and GES for their response but is yet to hear from them.
GNA
Edited by Lydia Kukua Asamoah