The Institute for Educational Planning and Administration (IEPA) and the Centre for Global Development (CGD) continue to explore the data for more insights in the study dubbed PREPARE on how COVID-19 impacted school closures. 

As discussed in previous blogs, COVID -19 pandemic had its toll on Ghana and in March 2020, just like other countries across the world, Ghana embarked on a nationwide closure of schools as part of measures to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID -19 a pandemic as the virus raged through countries of the world. Ghana had two waves of COVID-19, first peaking in July 2020 and the second in February 2021. Currently, the country is experiencing a third wave with infection and death numbers rising by the day. 

The Institute for Educational Planning and Administration (IEPA) at the University of Cape Coast (UCC) is welcoming three international Professors - one on Sabbatical Leave from Nigeria and two Fulbright Scholars from the United States - to join its dynamic team to drive the UNESCO SDG 4 Agenda. 

The COVID-19 pandemic had its toll on the affairs of the global population thereby challenging the so-called normal way of doing things. Most impactful for us in education fraternity and champions of provision of social justice is that beginning from March 2020 there was historic closure of schools as part of measures to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Without doubt, just like many other countries across the world, Ghana’s education system and structures were impacted.

The Institute for Educational Planning and Administration (IEPA) at the University of Cape Coast has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Asia-Pacific Centre of Education for International Understanding (APCEIU) on promoting diverse collaborative activities for mutual benefit through cultural exchanges, information sharing, joint programme implementation, among others.