Yendi Municipality schools resume academic activities
Academic activities have resumed in the Yendi Municipality following the conclusion of the three-day Adua for the late Overlord of Dagbon, Yaa Naa Abukari II, which ended on Saturday.
Schools across the municipality reopened yesterday after a week-long suspension of classes to allow students, teachers and residents to participate in the mourning rites and funeral observances for the late King of Dagbon.
The temporary closure followed the demise of the Yaa Naa on July 12, which plunged the Dagbon Kingdom into mourning and led to the suspension of academic work to enable the public to observe traditional customs and Islamic prayers in honour of the late monarch.
The directive affected both public and private educational institutions within the municipality, with academic work halted to allow members of the school community to pay their last respects.
At the reopening of schools yesterday, students and teachers returned to their classrooms as teaching, learning and end-of-term examinations resumed.
The reopening comes at a critical period in the academic calendar, with basic schools continuing their end-of-term examinations after the brief interruption.
A teacher at EP Junior High School, who requested anonymity, said the temporary closure was necessary to enable the school community to observe the mourning period in accordance with Dagbon tradition.
“It was the appropriate thing to do. The Yaa Naa is the Overlord of Dagbon, and the mourning period was of great importance to the entire municipality. We have now resumed our examinations and are expected to vacate on Thursday,” the teacher said.
Although academic work has resumed, funeral activities are expected to continue in the coming days.
The seventh-day Islamic prayers for the late Yaa Naa Abukari II are scheduled for Friday, July 24, and are expected to attract traditional rulers, government officials, religious leaders and mourners from across the country.
The late Yaa Naa Abukari II, whose passing has been widely described as a great loss to Dagbon chieftaincy institution, was laid to rest in accordance with Islamic tradition, with the three-day Adua concluding on Saturday. Attention is now expected to gradually shift to the traditional succession processes leading to the selection and enskinment of a new Overlord of Dagbon.
FROM GEOFFREY BUTA, YENDI
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