The Ghana Education Service (GES) has granted permission to Senior High School (SHS) students who have attained 18 years and above to go home and partake in the limited voter registration exercise.
The students have been granted three days off from campus, effective Tuesday, May 7, 2024, to Friday, May 10, 2024.
The decision, according to GES, is in line with the constitutional right of all Ghanaian citizens to exercise their franchise.
Following the development, the GES in a statement dated May 6, has directed all Regional Directors of Education to communicate the information to all Heads of Second Cycle Institutions within their jurisdiction for compliance.
The limited voter registration exercise has been scheduled by the Electoral Commission (EC) to commence on Tuesday, May 7, 2024, and will end on Monday, May 27, 2024. It shall be conducted at all district offices of the EC.
The registration exercise is to afford Ghanaians who have attained the age of 18 since the last registration in 2020 and others who were more than 18 years old but for various reasons could not register.
