{"id":388063,"date":"2018-01-02T15:31:47","date_gmt":"2018-01-02T15:31:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=388063"},"modified":"2018-01-02T22:07:01","modified_gmt":"2018-01-02T22:07:01","slug":"manya-krobo-shs-students-charged-gh%c2%a275-nose-masks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/01\/manya-krobo-shs-students-charged-gh%c2%a275-nose-masks\/","title":{"rendered":"Manya Krobo SHS: Students charged GH\u00a275 for nose masks"},"content":{"rendered":"
Citi News<\/strong> has sighted a letter from the Manya Krobo Senior High School in the Eastern Region which indicates that students are being charged an amount of GH\u00a275 each for the purchase of gloves and nose masks.<\/p>\n The newsletter, which was signed by the headmaster of the school, D. Tetteh Kwao, said the move was aimed at preventing meningitis and other public health-related diseases.<\/p>\n Although government is strictly against the payment of extra fees by students particularly due to the implementation of the Free SHS programme, the headmaster noted that the decision had been approved by the Ghana Education Service.<\/p>\n The letter, dated December 20, 2017, said, \u201cthe approval has been given by Ghana Education Service for the students to make payment in respect of meningitis and public health-related disease prevention as discussed at our PTA meetings in the second term of the year.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cMeningitis and Public Health related disease prevention GH\u00a275.00\u2026.The meningitis menace is fast spreading among schools in the country. Recently, it has taken lives of students in Kumasi Academy and it is moving Southwards,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n Most Senior High Schools in the country have been on high alert following the deaths of students in various schools across the country from meningitis.<\/p>\n Although the Ghana Health Service has said that the deaths cannot be described as an outbreak but isolated cases, the death toll is 6, leaving some parents in fear.<\/p>\n Meningitis scare\u00a0in Ghana<\/strong><\/p>\n