The Ghana Education Service has released a proposed periods allocation and length of school day for all Public Basic Schools in Ghana.
According to the proposed schedules, the following have been designed to assist all Junior High School (JHS) teachers in proper and effective implementation of the Common Core Programme (CCP) Curriculum.
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PROPOSED PERIOD AND LENGTH OF SCHOOL DAYS
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- Duration of one period of instruction is 50 minutes.
- Total number of proposed period per day is 8.
- Total number of period per week is 40 (8x5days).
- Break is 60 minutes. That is for 1st and 2nd
GES announces new opening and closing time for Public Basic Schools
PERIOD ALLOCATION FOR CCP CURRICULUM BASIC 7 – BASIC 10
| SUBJECT | DURATION PER PERIOD | PERIODS PER WEEK | MINUTES PER WEEK | HOURS PER WEEK |
| MATHEMATICS | 50 mins | 4 | 200 | 3hrs 20mins |
| ENGLISH LANGUAGE (L2) | 50 mins | 4 | 200 | 3hrs 20mins |
| GHANAIAN LANGUAGE (L1) | 50 mins | 3 | 150 | 2hrs 30mins |
| FRENCH/ARABIC (MFL) | 50 mins | 3 | 150 | 2hrs 30mins |
| CREATIVE ARTS AND DESIGNS | 50 mins | 4 | 200 | 3hrs 20mins |
| CAREER TECHNOLOGY | 50 mins | 4 | 200 | 3hrs 20mins |
| SCIENCE | 50 mins | 4 | 200 | 3hrs 20mins |
| SOCIAL STUDIES | 50 mins | 3 | 150 | 2hrs 30mins |
| RELIGIOUS AND MORAL EDUCATION | 50 mins | 3 | 150 | 2hrs 30mins |
| COMPUTING | 50 mins | 3 | 150 | 2hrs 30mins |
| PHYSICAL AND HEALTH EDUCATION | 50 mins | 3 | 150 | 2hrs 30mins |
| SBA (CCP PROJECT)/ LIBRARY | 50 mins | 2 | 100 | 1hrs 40mins |
| TOTAL | 40 | 2,000 | 33hrs 20mins | |
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LENGTH OF SCHOOL DAY
| SUBJECT | PERIOD | TOTAL | TOTAL HOURS |
| INSTRUCTIONAL TIME | 8 | 400 minutes | 6hrs 40 mins |
| BREAK TIME | 2 | 60 minutes | 1 hour |
| CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES/ PLC | 1 | 50 minutes | 50 mins |
| LENGTH OF SCHOOL DAY | – | 510 minutes | 8hrs 30 mins |
The three Stages/Phases of CCP Curriculum Lesson Plan
PROPOSED OPTIONS FOR STARTING/OPENINGS AND CLOSING TIME FOR BASIC SCHOOLS
| STARTING/OPENING TIME | CLOSING TIME |
| 7: 00am | 3: 30 pm |
| 7:30 AM | 4:00 PM |
| 8:00AM | 4:30PM |
SOURCE: Coverghana.com.gh
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Please is there any allowance for the new time table?