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Legal expert and political figure, Lawyer Nana Obiri Boahen, has strongly criticized John Dramani Mahama, the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), for his remarks suggesting that the government is using the distribution of free tablets to gain votes. Mahama made these comments while speaking at a student gathering …

The Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo government has stated clearly that the flagship Free Senior High School (Free SHS) programme will be reviewed. This was contained in the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) latest report on Ghana’s US$3 billion bailout programme. On page 76 of their 155-page report under the heading ‘PUBLIC …

If anybody told the parents of Adwoa Favour (not real name for privacy reasons) 10 years ago that their daughter, then 6, would end up at the prestigious Achimota Senior High School, they would have labelled it impossible, and that would have been justifiable. Favour’s parents, both cured lepers, would …

The quality of Senior High School education has not declined despite the increase in enrollment due to the implementation of the free Senior High School (free SHS) policy, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said. To support this point, the president indicated that prior to the creation of the policy …

TheDeputy Finance Minister,  Dr. John Kumah has clarified that the government’s educational policy, the Free Senior High School (Free SHS) policy, is not taking a toll on the public purse as has been speculated. According to him, the monies spent on Free SHS cannot override the government’s total expenditure on …

The government has finally indicated that it is taking steps to review all flagship programmes as part of its objectives to strengthen fiscal policy. According to the government, “the decision for rationalisation will depend on the assessment of efficiency, effectiveness, and value for money for each programme” and for social …

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has described government’s flagship Free SHS Senior High School (SHS) programme as poorly targeted. The Fund made this observation in its latest country report on Ghana, whose request for a $3 billion bailout it recently approved. According to the report, the Free SHS programme “which …

Professor Ato Essuman, Chairman of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), believes that free secondary education in Ghana will be meaningless unless it is accompanied by skill development for students. Although he believes the concept of Free Senior High School (SHS) is admirable, his worry, however, is that it falls …

Some head teachers of second-cycle institutions are calling for the scrapping of some freebies accompanying the implementation of the government’s Free Senior High School policy. They believe that this would ease the pressure on government coffers, which would essentially provide an avenue for government to re-channel funds into the provision …

The President of the National Union of Ghana Students, Dennis Appiah Larbi-Ampofo, says giving parents the option to pay school fees for their wards under the Free Senior High School Programme will create classism in schools. Mr. Larbi-Ampofo was speaking on JoyNews’ AM Show where he advised that government should …