The Ghana Education Service (GES) has granted permission to Senior High School (SHS) students who have attained 18 and above to go home and partake in the upcoming limited voter registration exercise.
The students have been granted four days off from campus, effective Tuesday, May 7, to Friday, May 10.
The decision, according to GES, is in line with the constitutional right of all Ghanaian citizens to exercise their franchise.
“The students have been granted four days off from campus, effective, Tuesday, May 7 2024 to Friday, May 10 2024 to partake in the exercise in line with the constitutional right of all Ghanaian citizens to exercise their franchise,” a statement by Mr Prince C. Agyemang-Duah acting Director Schools and Instruction Division said.
The Electoral Commission (EC) will be Tuesday, May 7 commence the 21-day exercise expected to end on May 27, ahead of the December 7 polls.
The registration exercise is to afford Ghanaians who have attained the age of 18 since the last registration and others who were more than 18 years old but for various reasons could not register.