The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has alleged that the government is using subterfuge means to campaign in Senior High School across the country. According to the biggest opposition party, persons who brand themselves as ambassadors for the revolutionary Free Senior High School policy go to the schools purposely to campaign for the government with the […]
The Chief of Akyem Manso in the Eastern Region, Obrempong Sintim Poku II, has lauded President Akufo-Addo for his implementation of the Free Senior High School (Free SHS) policy. The Chief joked that he is even tempted to father more children so that they can also “enjoy” the Free SHS programme. He said education is one […]
The Paramount Chief of the Kumawu Traditional Area, Barima Sarfo Tweneboah Koduah, says posterity will applaud the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, for the introduction of the Free Senior High School Programme, the 1-District-1-Factory initiative, and other policies being implemented by Government. Describing the Free SHS policy as “the greatest intervention to […]
Some disgruntled parents, guardians and students yesterday besieged the Free Senior High School (SHS) Secretariat Black Star Square in Accra to express their frustrations. While some were there over the non-placement of their wards in their preferred schools, others placed in day schools far away are requesting for changes. Some parents, guardians and students expressed […]
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) is forecasting that beneficiaries of the Free Senior High Education programme being implemented by the government will pay more in taxes in the future. According to the Commissioner- General of GRA, Emmanuel Kofi Nti, the programme is an investment to build skilled labour pool which will translate into increased payment […]
The Commissioner General of the Ghana Revenue Authority, Emmanuel Kofi Nti has revealed that he pays not less than Ten Thousand Ghana Cedis (Ghc10, 000) every month in taxes. Mr. Kofi Nti who was speaking during the opening ceremony of a two-day workshop for members of Private Newspaper Publishers Association of Ghana (PRINPAG) in the […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said the successful implementation of the Free Senior High School (SHS) program and the prudent measures put in place to address its associated challenges has left critics with nothing to talk about. “There were many who doubted that we can actually roll out the free SHS we promised Ghanaians. […]
The Paramount Chief of Breman Essiam in the Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam, Odeifuor Afoakwa III, has expressed his appreciation to the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, for the implementation of the Free Senior High School Policy. According to Odeifuor Asankwa III, the Free SHS policy is not a discriminatory policy, and has unified all Ghanaians […]
In September 2017, when the President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s government began the Free Senior High School (SHS) programm with only first-year students, some political analysts questioned the essence of ‘Free SHS’ as it only benefitted first-year students and not all SHS students. Prior to the 2016 election, when then-candidate Nana Akufo-Addo promised the Free […]
Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has stated that a whopping GH¢1.7 billion was committed to the free Senior High School (SHS) programme initiated by President Akufo-Addo in 2017. The minister took a swipe at critics of the free SHS programme, particularly the National Democratic Congress (NDC), saying “the introduction of free SHS was not built on […]
About half of the 280 Private Senior High schools in the country could be forced to shut down within the next few years due to the dwindling level of student enrollment in these schools, the Conference of Heads of Private Second Cycle Schools (CHOPPS) has warned. CHOPPS said the new trend could also lead to […]
The National Women’s Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Dr Hanna Louisa Bissiw has taken a swipe at Vice President Dr Mahamadu Bawumia for verbally attacking former President John Mahama over government’s Free Senior High School policy. Dr. Bawumia, who was speaking at a rally in Kwahu in the Eastern Region last weekend, heavily […]
