The World Bank has approved a $300 million financing package to support Ghana’s efforts to phase out the double-track system in Senior High Schools by 2027. The funding will be used to implement the Transformative Secondary Education for Access, Results and Relevance for Jobs (STARR-J) Project, a major education initiative aimed at expanding access to […]
The government has uncapped the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) to ensure the full financing of the Free Senior High School (SHS) programme. It will also support the funding of free tertiary education for Persons with Disabilities (PWDs). The government also allocated GH¢292.4 million for the free distribution of sanitary pads to female students in […]
Ghana’s newly appointed Minister of Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has called for the validation of data on the number of beneficiaries of the Free Senior High School (Free SHS) programme as a critical first step in his tenure. Speaking during his maiden visit to the Ministry of Education on Wednesday, January 22, 2025, shortly after his […]
The Conference of Heads of Assisted Senior High Schools (CHASS) has urged parents and guardians to assist with the feeding challenges in senior high schools. CHASS had earlier appealed to the Ghana Education Service (GES) to reconsider the reopening of high schools, citing unresolved financial issues, including the government’s non-payment for perishable foods provided for […]
A traditional ruler has stated that he cannot risk the future of his children by voting for a leader who does not believe in the free senior high school (Free SHS) policy. Oguahyia Oduro Panin Birikoran, Edubiasehene, who stated this, said three of his five kids had benefited from the NPP’s free senior high school […]
Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has affirmed his commitment to the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy and promised to improve it if he’s re-elected as president in the upcoming elections. He emphasised that the Free SHS policy is crucial in providing equal educational opportunities for all Ghanaians. The former […]
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 […]
