FREE SHS POLICY NOT BEING REVIEWED: Latest update from D-G of GES
FREE SHS POLICY NOT BEING REVIEWED – DIRECTOR-GENERAL GES
The Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Prof. Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa has reiterated that the Free Senior High School Policy is not being reviewed by Government.
According to him, any decision to review the policy will emanate from the President.
In a statement dated July 22, 2022, he stated that, “The GES is a government agency and does not formulate or initiate review of policies.”
It was widely reported that Prof. Opoku-Amankwa, in an answer to a question posed by a Journalist on a media platform, said the GES is reviewing the policy to determine how much parents can pay.
In clarifying this, the Director-General said, “For the avoidance of doubt, the GES is not undertaking any review of the FSHS. Any such review of the FSHS Policy is the sole prerogative of the President and the government. As an Agency, the GES implements government policies and programmes in pre-tertiary education.”
Prof. Opoku-Amankwa accentuated that “His Excellency President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo in his recent speech at UHAS, assured all students, potential students, parents and the entire country that the Free SHS will not be affected by the IMF programme.”
He therefore expressed the resolve of the GES to implement the vision of President Akufo-Addo. “It is the commitment of GES under my leadership to ensure that the vision of His Excellency President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo of providing accessible, equitable and quality Free SHS education is fully implemented to the benefit of the good people of Ghana,” he ended. #END#PRUNIT.
