The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has emphasised the importance of private schools as partners with the government in providing quality education for Ghanaian children. Speaking at the launch of the 2024 annual week celebration of the Ghana National Association of Private Schools, Mr Mahama applauded the significant contributions of […]
The Minister for Education says Ghana has witnessed a five per cent increase in the number of students pursuing Science at the Senior High School level. According to Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, the Science subject saw an increase in enrolment when the New Patriotic Party (NPP) came to power in 2016. He said that even […]
The free senior high school programme (SHS) and the technical and vocational education training (TVET) is not under review, the Minister of Finance, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta has said. He added that the government has so far spent GH¢5.3 billion on the programme and that those who have benefited are about 1.26 million children across the […]
Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Prof. Kwasi Opoku Amankwah, says a review of the Free Senior High School Policy is underway. This exercise, he reveals is geared at determining which of the cost components government can relinquish to parents to pay. “…we can do the analysis and then come up and say that, […]
The government allocated a total amount of GH¢7.62 billion for the implementation of the Free Senior High School (SHS) programme during the past five years, the Minister of Finance, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, has told Parliament. He said GH¢4.18 billion out of the amount representing 54.76 per cent, was sourced from the government of Ghana (GoG), […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has commended the first batch of beneficiaries of the Free Senior High School policy for the “excellent” results they chalked in the 2020 West African Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). “I am reliably informed that the WASSCE results of Aburi Girls Senior High School, and, indeed, of all 2020 SHS […]
Factory Manager of the Akosombo Textile Limited (ATL), Ing. Kenneth Asare says the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy saved the indigenous printing company from collapse. Revealing how the Akufo-Addo-led government’s flagship programme saved the company, Ing. Asare said the company was almost folding up when the President approached them with new measures and plans […]
The Akufo-Addo-led government has spent GH¢20.14 billion in implementing the Free SHS, banking sector clean-up, recruitment of 100,000 NaBCo beneficiaries and restoring teacher/nursing trainee allowances, as at the end of 2019. Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia, who announced this on Saturday, during his acceptance address as President Akufo-Addo’s running mate for this year’s election, said government […]
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says his government is investing heavily in the provision of educational infrastructure in senior high schools across the country, particularly in those running the double track system. According to President Akufo-Addo, the implementation of the Free Senior High School policy “has meant an increase in the […]
The Paramount Chief of the Nyagbo Traditional Area, Torgbui Ashui Nyagasi V (known in judicial circles as Justice Clemence Honyenuga), the judge sitting on the case between the state, on the one hand; and the former CEO of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Dr Stephen Opuni and businessman Seidu Agongo, has told President Nana Akufo-Addo […]
The technical advisor and spokesperson to the Vice President, Dr Gideon Boako, has asked students to take advantage of the free senior high school (SHS) programme to become responsible citizens in future. He said with the successful roll out of the policy, there was no excuse for any Ghanaian child to be denied or refuse […]
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says the educational investment being made in Ghana’s children is vital for the future of the country. According to President Akufo-Addo, the development of the country’s human capital is what will enable Ghana transition from her current state into one of progress and prosperity, and thereby […]
