The Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) has warned that senior high school students may not be adequately prepared for the 2022 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).

This, according to CHASS, is due to the government’s inability to provide funds for practical sessions for courses like home economics, visual arts etc.

The National President of CHASS, Alhaji Yacoub A.B. Abubakar, in an interview with JoyNews' Manuel Koranteng, said the students' preparations for this year's WASSCE have been adversely affected.

Mr. Abubakar has therefore asked the government to release funds to help students prepare adequately for their exams slated for August 1, 2022.

“If the government fails to do so, there are two options: either they will not be able to meet the timelines for the exam, or the students will have to go and sit for the exam ill-prepared," Mr. Abubakar added.

Again, CHASS in a press release has decided to suspend all extra-curricular activities for which some cost has to be incurred.

They listed some of the activities as sports, culture, NSMQ, Sharks Quiz and all others. 

“At our third quarter National Executive Council (NEC) mandatory meeting held on July 21 2022, at New Juaben Senior High School in Koforidua, Council resolved among others that, schools should put a hold on co-curricular activities.”

This suspension of co-curricular activities, according to CHASS is because "most of the monies sent to the schools these days are for perishables and apart from the fact that it is inadequate for even the feeding of the students.

They added that "it is equally misappropriation of funds if we should continuously use such monies for things they are not intended for."

CHASS therefore resolved to "do the needful when monies for the specific programs are lodged into our accounts."