Tag Archives: Free SHS

Child Rights International has issued a strong warning against proposals to transfer the cost of feeding students under the Free Senior High School (Free SHS) policy to parents. In a statement dated January 11, 2025, the organization emphasized the need to preserve the integrity of the Free SHS program, describing …

The Conference of Heads of Assisted Senior High Schools (CHASS) has encouraged parents to provide their children with enough provisions for school. According to the conference, this is to help with the feeding challenges in SHSs. CHASS had requested the Ministry of Education to promptly disburse pending funds for the …

A group of university lecturers, known as University Lecturers for Free SHS, has launched a vigorous campaign to protect the Free Senior High School (Free SHS) policy, which they describe as a transformative intervention for the poor. The group is advocating for the re-election of the governing New Patriotic Party …

The General Secretary of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), Thomas Tanko Musah, has voiced concerns over inadequate compensation and insufficient rest periods for teachers working under the double-track school system. Musah’s comments come in response to recent statements by the Minister of Education, Dr. Osei Yaw Adutwum, who …

The introduction of the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government stands as one of the most transformative educational reforms in Ghana’s history. Under the leadership of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, this policy has significantly increased access to secondary education across the country, …

President Akufo-Addo has been defending his government’s Free Senior High School policy amidst criticism that the initiative is producing low-quality students, thereby lowering education standards. Speaking at the Annual Ghana Bar Association Conference in Kumasi on Monday, September 9, President Akufo-Addo argued that the policy has benefited many underprivileged students …

In a significant political development, a group of opposition National Democratic Congress, NDC youth in the Kpatinga community of the Gushegu Constituency have defected to the NPP, citing the Free SHS policy as their reason for abandoning their former party. The move comes during the campaign rounds of Hassan Tampuli, …

The Chief of Yefri in the Nkoranza North Constituency of the Bono East Region, Nana Takyi Poku Gyimah, has commended the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for implementing sound policies in the education sector, particularly its flagship programme, the Free Senior High School. The Chief in his commendation during a visit …

Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, the running mate of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the 2024 election, has stated that former President John Mahama aims to cancel the free SHS policy and bring back power crisis (dumsor) should he win power. He stated that the promise by Mahama, the …

Thomas Amoani, a brilliant student and a beneficiary of the Free Senior High School program from Adeiso, the District capital of Upper West Akim in the Eastern Region, has achieved an outstanding feat by graduating with a First Class degree in Economics and Finance from Brunel University in London, UK. …