THE Tema Parents Association School is to re-open on the 21st of April to enable academic works continue.
The children would have their revision exercises from April 21 to 24, 2010 ahead of their second terminal examinations which begins from April 26 to 30, 2010.
The school was closed down recently following the outbreak the HINI Influenza (Swine Flu) that hit it and infected a number of the children.
The school was schedule to reopen on May 5, 2010, nut that had to change to the new date to enable the rest of the academic works take place.
Assistant Headmaster of the school, Mr Abraham Afer, who disclosed this said, the decision to reopen the school earlier than originally announced was taken after an emergency meeting with the school's management and officials of the Tema Metropolitan Health Directorate.
The health directorate had ealier supervised a fumigation of the school's premises and given the directive for the school to be re-opened.
‘I can assure the safety of pupils should they returned back to school, as most parents has complied with directives to get their children tested and treated for the infection’, he said.
Mr Afer noted that, the school’s directive to parents to get their wards tested saw 21 new cases being recorded after the initial 15 that was detected before the break.
He further appealed to parents to send their children for screening and testing should they detected any sign of flu.
Mr Afer commended parents of the first two pupils who took steps to alert the school authorities on the situation when the disease was first reported.
The school was closed down temporarily on the 14th of march after an emergency meeting held by the Interim Management Committee (IMC), the Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA), the Tema Metropolitan Directorate of Education and the Greater Accra Regional Health Directorate after it was detected 15 pupils tested positive for the H1N1 infleunza.
The outbreak was believed to have spread in the school through a child who was sent outside the country on vacation by the parents and might have been infected there.
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