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 […]
The Vice President of the Republic, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has stated that the Free SHS policy introduced by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is a transformational policy meant to build the human capital of the nation for future development. Government expenditure on free SHS should therefore be seen as a necessary investment for the future […]
The Vice President of the Republic, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has described the claim by former President John Dramani Mahama that the nationwide roll-out of the Free Senior High School (FSHS) programme is causing hardships as untenable and not supported by the facts. Dr. Bawumia noted the hardships and suffering of Ghanaians during the tenure of […]
Former President, John Mahama, has predicted a fall in quality education at both junior and senior high school levels due to excessive investments in the Free Senior High School programme. He said education in the country is bound to suffer if the government continues to expend all its financial resource on the Free SHS policy […]
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has urged leaders in Africa to use the enormous wealth the continent is endowed with to develop and empower their respective youth populations. With Africa possessing the largest generation of young people in history, President Akufo-Addo indicated that “I place great hope in their capacity to […]
The National Service Scheme (NSS) is set to support government’ flagship programme, the Free Senor High School (FSHS) programme with 50 thousand bags of maize from its farms. To this end, the NSS boss Mustapha Usif yesterday, Tuesday March 19 2019 presented and first consignment of 5 thousand bags to the National Food Buffer Stock […]
The performance of candidates according to the GES was discouraging. Only 50% passed, qualified and really deserved to be in SHS but all candidates were admitted. From the 2019 BECE to be held in June 2019, the pass mark for entering into the SHS, Technical and Vocational Schools will be aggregate 25 or better. This revelation was contained in a […]
By Selorm GBORBIDZI & John APPIAH Despite the introduction of the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy by the government in 2017, parents are still coughing up money for extra classes for their wards. An investigation by The Finder has revealed that many senior high schools are conducting vacation classes for second year students on […]
