Ghana Education News | August 19, 2021: Our children are starving in the secondary schools under Free SHS program, something urgent must be done. Hon Alexander Kyeremeh, Former Dep. Education Minister is concerned about happenings in Ghana’s Second Cycle Schools under the Free SHS policy and believes our children are starving in the secondary schools … Read more
Deputy Minister for Education-designate, Gifty Twum Ampofo has submitted two education-related bills to parliament to enable TVET students to be captured as beneficiaries of the Free SHS policy. Since the introduction of the Free SHS policy, TVET students are yet to benefit from it. Hon. Gifty Twum Ampofo who is a Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North disclosed this before the Parliament Appointments Committee during her vetting and approval. During the … Read more
Free SHS is about to produce its second batch of graduates, however, Ghanaians are divided over its success and challenges that confront the policy. The Deputy Minister-Designate for Education, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, has hit back at persons who have criticized the government for the implementation of the Free Senior High School policy. Disregard claims … Read more
The Minister of Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, has assured that the Free SHS is here to stay. The Free SHS initiative was an important policy introduced by the Nana Addo led government after winning the 2016 general elections. The minister posited that; the policy was implemented to bring equity and improve accessibility to secondary education for all Ghanaian children. This year, the Free … Read more
Prof Gyampo’s bold statement that teachers employed by the Ghana Education Service are scared to speak against the challenges bedeviling the Free SHS was not a good guess, but the reality on the ground. In a poll conducted by Ghanaeducation.org to test the validity of the statement, we found out that 78% of teachers agree with the University of Ghana professor. There are challenges facing … Read more
Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum has disclosed that the Senior High School (SHS) education in Ghana under the leadership of President Akufo-Addo is free. However, he has furthered that parents with goodwill and who want to donate to schools are allowed to do so. In an interview on Accra-based UTV, the Education Minister indicated that his earlier comment “that parents who want to pay fees for … Read more
The government of Ghana would today announce the full details of what it calls the “Tertiary Hope for Free SHS Graduates”. The program which is under the leadership of the Ghana Scholarship Secretariat (GSS) is a collaboration between the Secretariat and the Ministry of Education. READ: National Service Personnel Urged to Resist Harassment According to information reaching GhanaEducation.Org, the government is scheduled to brief … Read more
A few months ago, I predicted that the Free SHS policy will dominate the 2020 electioneering campaign, and how right I was. “The introduction of Free SHS was not built on some pompous political agenda to grab social-democratic narratives from those who surprisingly have shunned their ideology for quick wins (Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta 2019).” … Read more
The leading opposition party, the NDC led by Mahama have promised free quality one track SHS if voted into power on December 7th. This was revealed during a live programme on GH One Tv hosted by the General Secretary of the party, Sammy Gyemfi. In his programme dubbed “Nokware Mmre” (Moment of Truth) he said … Read more