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It’s difficult to get housemaids in Accra because of Free SHS – Bawumia

The Flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, says the implementation of the Free Senior High School (FSHS) policy has made it extremely difficult to get housemaids to employ because more girls are now benefitting. He said every parent wanted their girl-child to pursue education to the highest level, therefore, the Free SHS had provided an avenue to achieve their aspirations, hence the decline in getting housemaids in […]

September 17, 2024 42

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NDC MPs are not against proposed Free SHS Bill- Forson

Minority Leader of Parliament, Dr Cassiel Ato Baah Forson has said the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Members of Parliament (MPs) are not against the proposed Free Senior High School bill. "There is currently no such bill before Parliament. We cannot oppose a bill that we have not seen," Dr Forson stated in a press release. "For the records, it was the NDC that birthed the 1992 Constitution which provided the […]

June 13, 2024 39

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Atwima Mponua: Students of Adupre JHS risk their life to study under death trap wooden structure

The poor performance of students at the basic education level has become a major source of concern to many parents at Adupri, a community in the Atwima Mponua District of the Ashanti Region and are calling for immediate solution to the phenomenon. Parents say the Adupri D/A JHS school is always competing with some other schools for the bottom position of the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) ladder, while some […]

February 27, 2024 46

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Your Free SHS is poorly targeted – IMF tells government

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 covers the full cost of secondary education, has helped increase enrollment but is poorly targeted.” The IMF also disclosed that […]

May 22, 2023 40